The morning call., 1891-03-01

Travel in Lapland. whether in summer or
winter, is attended by numberless incon-
yeniences. During the summer season the
tourist is transported to and fro by means of
a two-wheeled cart, made very strong In
order to resist the innumerable Jolts which
it will experience over the Lapp hills; IN
winter he is Obliged to proceed with train
of half dozen SedgeS, one for himself, one
for his Interpreter, one for his servant, the
Lapp who takes care of the reindeer, one for
fuel, all of which he must carry with hlm,
as not being certain he will find either
yictuals bed clothes or wood at the various
places he may be compelled to visit. The
hotels in Lapland. such as they are, were
built by the Governments of Russia and
Sweden and are nothing but sheds, for all
travellers are supposed to carry their own
provisions and attendants. In winter
the tourists may be lost or frozen in sum-
mer he is certain to be driven almost mad
| by the mosquitoes, which are of enormous
size and unparalleled terocity. There is no
| escape from them. In order to have COM
| parative peace the tourist must constantly
wear a veil over his face, and protect his
! hands by gloves reaching nearly to the
| elbow.
Besides the country, there is little to be
seen in Lapland for the inhabitants do not
| present many interesting points OF study,
| save to the ethn0lOglSt or student OF the
human race. To the sportsman, especially
to the fisherman, the 1iOrds and rivers fur
nlSu entertainments VI tilC bVot hihd' A5hi-
mon and trout fishing is excellent, but I'M
| fortunately for the average run OF tourists,
| most of it is preserved" that is to say the
| privilege of fishing in the rivers has been
| purchased from the Government, and the
! tenant invested with The right to keep off
| all pOacherS. Even the Lapps are thus pre-
vented from fishing in their own streams.
Lapland is interesting from scientific
| point of view, for within its limits have
| been established two OF the circumpolar
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| ton by means of magnetic, electrical and
| other means has been carried on. One OF
| these is at Bossekop, the other Mt BOulo-
| kaeino, and at each the results attained
| were in the highest degree satisfactory.
Observing" while pleasant enough in the
! summer time, becomes arduous labor when
| undertaken during the SIX months night
| characteristic OF the Lapland winter. For
| the observer to rise and work all day by
! candle light is depressing in the extreme,
both on the physical and on the mental sys-
| TEN. at each of these stations the instru-
| ments during the summer were placed in
| the open air, but during the winter We're
| protected by earthen huts, which, however,
| are insufiiciently warmed, so that much in
convenience necessarily results 10 the sci
| entfic observer
1t is said that the Lapps look with favor
on the idea of emigration. They are being
| driven to the wall in their native land. An
| advancing civilization requires that they
Shall give up tIlelE HOlnaulC uaOltS anu De-
come useful members of society. Like the
Indians of the Northwest, they have come
in contact with the civilized world, with
which they have little in common, and natur-
ally would prefer emigration 10 an attempt
| to accommodate themselves to changed
| conditions. The serious difficulty in the way
| is question as to where the money to de-
| fray the necessary expense can be had.
| Twenty five or thirty thousand LaplanderS,
| with 800. 600 reindeer cannot be transported
across the ocean without urge outlay Of
capital, but as soon as this is furnished the
| Laps are said TO be ready to make the eX-
| Ierlment, and TO begin lie anew under con-
| ditiOns which seem favorable to their re-
| tanning their new habitation for an indefinite
! length OF time. Nobody else seems to want
| Greenland, and.if the Lapps can there be
| domesticated no objection will be raised in
| any quarter to their taking the whole of it.