The Lamar register., 1891-05-02


neWed Interest Ia this very peculiar
leop'e. Ihe project for their removal i,
IeEtrety tcafiule AMI the country to
Nniih y Is proposed 20 take them /, 50
hAe their own that the conditions a, lits
thsro would not difrr rraatIy IN, ~,
OF their present bApitAtion. The ems.
,oast OF Greenland he's for many AGES
cen nnapp oarhahle on account of Tie
.ee. f3r ln the te h century colonies from
Iceland were located on the east coast aud
Wcfp complete Y cat OF from all contact
VITA civi iEAtion by nm Ice veil which
zane douu rom the POLAR seas and ha,
re7 CT since becn removed The sntfra
east coast Is therefore believed to be uu
inhaiitable, hut tho climatic coud tons
ca the wcst coast are materially dIIcrent
and extensive settlements have aIssaiy
tep1 formed by ihs nnes along the east
srn SHORES OF Davis straits and Palms
10y. The wust Of Greenland, while Il
La maay acisFs vhi,h project vas.
ninses OF lie Tar into the sea, has never.
tltlrss msny small valleys where. durinz
he short summer. vegetation f. abun.
dant- Moses grow am -nz the rocks and
even A'nIost on he ice and the wild
reindeer on the approach Of winter leave
tte coast aud go mo the interior. Wher-
eye- rrtuderr can live Larps can i've
Nith iheSri. and Il is ar-ccI that the eli
matte conditions arr not 50 different In
Grcculaad from those In Lzpihnd as to
render the change ot cl mate at oil
violent
The elima.e o. Laplsud. houe-er. Is
mi der than that Of " ost Grrcnland. The
country Inhabited by the Laprs COM
pftsra the northwestefn corner OF the
Husstnn etarirr and the sxfrcns nothern
up Of the ScandIHas ian peninsula lap
lsad c1utains about lIO, COO square miles;
4 therefore, a district about tuics tho
size o. Aissoari. bat has population not
rHrcsiins l5o, 200. The sea coast is
broken up by the fordt OF the Njrway
coast, snG many OF these, OWING 10 tire n
hurn-e Of the Gui stream are never
irszcn. The climate ort5e coast Is, there
lore, much nildsr than that OF the in.
terror Indeed, the extensive mountain
ranges in the heaFE Of LAp,Aud are for the
moss part covered with perpetual snow.
Tie short SummEnsr Is prollTc OF v-geta-
t-ou. ard the & as-~a sEd moses winch
furnish the rsiaiecr with : anty sahsist-
euce arc covered up by th5 snow, are
diacpTrrrd By the Subtle sense OF smell
po-essed by these anirAls. AMI ral;Cd out
hy tls broad huofs which seems specially
ndapted 20 this service.
be people who inhahit this, the most
northern and on the Eastern Hemisphere,
are divided into th ec classes, the noun.
tar. the sea, and the river LRpps- The
tut nanyd nrs also the least civilized,
Ia pUiat OF tact ere wandering nomads,
having no wealth except their heIds OF
piIdscr, no hAb!tatloas save tents made
In m the sains OF these o. eiul animals, and
10 nxo place OF abode, bat from year to
year follow their nerds wherey er pasturnge
Is mcst shgn LIANT The riFer Lapps have
advanced stage further in the road 70
civilization. have n1ei habitAiious, though
ticso Rre but hats OF earth, aud pos ess
considerable xiii IA several manufactures
Trey ma g their own boats, manufacture
their own clothing. knives. weapons, and
f.h hooks = L. wandering mountain
Laps aIo Known as ths three duty
La T-' from the fact that they pay taxes
10 the & vernmcnts Of Norway, Sweden,
rn ltufsii. are often extremely degraded.
When they arc ri b they practice poly
gamy, hut pl1rn ity OF wives is denied to
the poor, from the fact that the price OF a
wife is never loss than twenty reindeer,
mud oltcu ns much as aOj. The river
apps do not buy and sell their women,
but entertain respect for them akin to
that felt m countries whose people as.o
far < cater opportunities for education and
The sea Laps have pro-
grcsscd FAR beyond tLcir mountain breth-
rcu, their 1uses are OF wood or stone.
they have rowing and sail boats with
which they trlver The open sea They
have no Uncomfortable amount of cont
mcr G being sSillfal fishers, they catch
ami salt lar . quantities OF the fish which
throug the waters OF the Norway coast.
nnI are thus alb to purcha for them
selves tho luxuries of more civilized
iaud..
The Laprs are curious race Nothing
is known OF their origin or whence they
came. Thev seem TO be Mongoians, but
are as superior TO the EsquimauS as the
blonde SweIes and Norwegisns are to
themselves They are of stunted stature
seld im exceeding Ave feet in height, while
four and n ha feet is perhaps good
average. but of thick set bodies. exceed