New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05


advantages they have some ingenuity They
handle knives and saws and though
by instinct But they provoke most admiration
by their simple mode of managing herds OF
unruly deer. When two or three hundred OF
the animals stampeded IL is joke. The
Lapp, however, Is prepared to cope with the
situation. Each member OF the herders troop
is provided with a coil of small rope. land at
the least sign Of a gathering together OF the
beasts preparatory to a rush. the sentry scam
pens at speed the direction In which
they heading paying out the rope he
Tor chez goes, that It lies like a lean gray
snake upon the uneven ground. 1t is rather
wonderful to watch what happens. The deer
charge up with growing speed sight the rope
and pull up with absurd haste snufiing 1t and
trembling. And then up comes the sentry, a
leather-clad imp. perhaps three feet six In
total length, and with voice and foot drives
back the great antered brutes in ignomny to
their pasturage." When the deer become mad
dened beyond endurance by the mosquitoes
other expedients are sometimes necessary, and
the Lapp lights fires to windward of the hero
This gives relief and the animals subside into
their ordinary placid behavior.
These mosquitoes, by the way. amazing
pests. We should Judge from Mr.. Hyne's re-
marks that the insect was about the size OF
small bird and as wicked as a hawk. The two
travellers In constant state Of misery
They were In the Arctic region yet they suf-
fered from mosquitoes and flies more than
though they had been In the tropics Indeed
the unspeakable wretchedness through which
they passed at the very beginning Of their
Journey would have justified them in turning
back. The sun was always blazing, at midnight
as at noon, and the pests never abandoned
them for more than a few hours. Add to this
the fact that the Lapps anything but
clean and understanding people. We wonder
how the travellers survived 1t Is not the Gus
tom Of the country to eat when it is fresh the
osh that is the staple Of diet. The natives like
It to reek a little or, rather, to reek a great
deal. The more like carrion II is the more they
enjoy IT, That they should ever wash them
selves strikes them as, on the whole, some
what comic proposition Animals and humans
share their habitations with the greatest good
nature on both sides. A Lapp with his face
covered with tar a protection against in
sects. with dish OF bad fish before him,
bowl Of sour milk at his side. and some vio-
lently rancid butter within easy reach, must
be a charming companion, Mr. Hyne writes
amusingly Of a heriers daughter with whom
he used 10 walk over the moor and then.
He was always very careful to get to windward
OF his friend. ne adds.
The Scandinavian who comes in contact with
the Iapp regards him though he were some
noxious kind OF ape" There is always war
between the two. The Lapp loves to steal, and
when he "annexes any tri1e from sheep to
marcel of smoked salmon which may strike his
fancy the farmer RACES" The rage expresses
itself in a shooting expedition. Master Lapp
finds his precious deer left dead upon the plain
He too. has a rifle He visits the farm and
drons either a man or a beast, he does not par
ticularly care which it may happen to be out
come the Scandinavian landhoders In force
There Is a thrilling Lapp- hunt. Then the land
scare swallows UP the vendetta for time ana
thera IS peace This sort Of thing occurs In
Northern Norway and Sweden In Lapland
proper over the border. and In Russian Lap
land conditions are less sangunafy ana inc
population increases more rapidly. IL Wouiu
seem as though everywhere the Lapps shouio
have some object in life beyond the daily round
OF work and Mr.. Hyne speculates insenlousy
as to what becomes Of all the money that must
be received, from first to last from the SAFE OIL
reindeer He believes the cash is boarded III
some mysterious manner, and repeats queer
tale he had from a Norsk who claimed 10 nave
penetrated a Lappish cave packed with treas
ure. It seems a travellers tale, however ana
# is perhaps better to give up the problem as
homeless 1t does not much matter Mr. Hyne $
book is not read for information. but Tor us
open air atmosphere, for its lively Impressions
for the occasional oddities IT presents Mos'
readers. we fancy will not feel that TINS booA
urges them to visit Lapland They VIII SIMPLY
follow with relish the adventures Mr.. Hyne ana
Mr. Hayter had with the mosquitoes ana the
NJ, - ,rruo NTH tho travellers over the