New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-22

,reak of dark forest and frozen marsh tor eighteen
miles. 10 the foot Of the mountain range OF Paas
tyutr- which stood like line Of colossal snowdriiss
,s.ips, the soft violet sky their sides touched BY
the resily-g golden beams of the invisible eln. This
and the valley of the Torneaa, at Ayasaxa are the
two finest views l have yet seee in Lapland.
have been employing part OF my time in
making some sketches Of CHARACTERISTIC faces.
Mr.. Wolley, finding that wished to procure good
| types of the Finns and Lapps, kindly assisted me
his residence Of three years in MuoaOVao en-
abling him to know wso were the most marked
and peculiar persensges. Ludwig was dispatched
to procHrr sn old fellow BY the nams of Mem, q
Finn who promised to comp y vita N. WISHES;
bu, bis ignorance made hiHs suspicious and il was
necessary 70 send sgsin. II know wbst travellers
are, ssid he. land what habit they cave of get
ting peoples skulls So carry home with them
Even if thew are arrested for It, they are rich
they always bay over the judges. Who knows but
they might try to Kill me for the sake cf my
skull" After much pessuasion- he was finally in
ducca to come, and. seeing that Ludwig supposed
he was still afraid, he said with great energy: 81
have made up my mind TO ~, ever if shower of
knives should Sall from heaven" He was seventy
three years old though he did noe appear to be
over siaty--his hair being thick and black, bis
frame erect and sturdy and his color crimson
rather than pale. His eyeb>ows were jetblsck
and busLy, his eyes large and deep-set, his nose
strong and prominent. and the corners of his long
mouth drawn down ia settled curve, expressing
melancholy grimnes. The high cheek-bones,
square brow and muscular jaw belonged to the
true Finnish type. Hs held perfectly still while L
drew scarcely moving muscle cf his face, and
succeeded in getting portrait which everybody
recognized.
gave him piece of money, with which he was
greatly delighted and, after a cup' Of coffee, in
Herr Knobock's kitchen, he went home quite
proud and satisfied. They do not At ail look like
dangerous persons'' he said to the carpenter;
perhaps they do not collect skulls. wish they
spoke our language that | might ask them how
people live in their country. America is very
large, wild place. | know all about il and the dis
coyery Of it. | was not there myself at the time,
but Jenis Lamp, who lives N kitta, was Que of
the crew of the ship, and he told me how it hap
pened. Jenis Lampi said they were going to
throw the captain overheard, but he persuaded
them to give him three days and on the third day
they found it, Now should Ike to know whether
these people, who come from that country, have
laws as We have. and whether they live ~ COM
fortably." So saying Isaaki Anderinpoka Nemi
departed.
No sooner had he gone than the old Lapp
woman, Eliza who had been sent for, drove up in
her pnlk, behind fast reindeer. She was in com
plete Lapp costume-a blue cloth gown with wide
sleeves. trimmed with scarlet, and IA curious
pear shaped cap of the same material upon her
head. She sat upon the floor, on deer-skn, and
employed herself in twisting, reindeer slnews,
which she rolled upon her cheek with the palm Of
her hand while | sketching her. Ii was
already dark, and was obliged to'work by candle
light but rsuoceeded in catching the haf-insane,
witch-like expression of her face. When | took
the candle to examine her features more closely,
she cried ont, "LOOk at me, o son of man "
She said that had great powers, aud was capable
of doing every thing, since | had come 80 far and
could make All image of her upen paper. She
asked whether We were married, saying We could
hardly travel so much, if We were. yet she thought
it much better to be married and say at home. |
gave her rigsdaler, which she took with joyful
surprise, saying, What am l. to get my coffee
and tobacco, and be paid too Thanks o son of
man. for your great goodness! y She chuckled
very much over the drawing, saying that the dress
was exactly right.
This afternoon we took another reindeer drive to
Muononiska, paving visit to- Pastor Fall, the
clergyman, whom We had met at Eorstr6m's. This
time | succeeded very well, making the trip with
out \ single Oyerturn, though with several mishaps.
Mr. W. lost the way, and We dr0Fe about at ran
dom for some time. My deer became restive, and
whrled me around in the snow, filling my puk.
Ii was so dark that We could scarcely see ard,
without knowing the ground one could not tell
where the ups and downs we're. The pastor re-
ceiyrd us courteously, treated us to coffee and
pipes. and couyersed with us for some time. He
had not az hs said, Swedish tongue, and ! found
it difficult to understand him. On our way back,
Bralsteds : and Ludwig's deers ran together with
mine, and nhle going at full speed, BIS jumped
into my pulk. tried in vain either to stop or
drive on faster; he tramped me violently that
was obliged TO throw myself out to escape bis
hoofs. Fortunately the animals are not heavy
enough TO do any serious harm. We relched For
stroms in season for dinner of fat reindeer steak
cranber YES. and confect Of the Arctic raspberry
Last night, SaDmon. the messenger who had
been sent up the river to engage reindeer for us,
retunad-hayiEg gone sixty miles before he could
procu,e them. He engaged seven, which srriyed
tonight, in the charge of a tall, handsome Finn,
Lo =. ha ,ur o.,J. W.. haye sannlpd