nce at a distance of several thousand
feet from us.

"In the afternoon Kjellman and I were invited into the
tent, where we passed an hour in their sleeping chamber.
On our entrance the lamp, which was filled with seal oil,
was lighted, a sort of moss (sphagnum) was used as a wick.
Our hostess endeavoured to make our stay in the tent as
agreeable as possible, she rolled together reindeer skins
for pillows and made ready for us a place where, stretched
at full length, we might enjoy much needed repose. In the
outer tent the other women prepared supper, which
consisted of boiled seal's-flesh. We received a friendly
invitation to share their meal, but as we had no taste for
seal's-flesh, we declined their offer under the pretext
that we had just had dinner. They took their meal lying
with the body in the inner tent, but with the head under
the reindeer-skin curtain in the outer, where the food
was. After the meal was partaken of, their heads were
drawn within the curtain, our host divested himself of all
his clothes, the trousers excepted, which were allowed to
remain. Our hostess let her _pesk_ fall down from her
shoulders, so that the whole upper part of the body thus
became bare. The reindeer-skin boots were taken off, and
turned outside in, they were carefully dried and hung up
in the roof over the lamp to dry during the night. We
treated the women to some sugar, which, in consequence of
their want of acquaintance with it, they at first examined
with a certain caution, finding afterwards that it tasted
exceeding well. After the meal our host appeared to become
sleepy, we accordingly said good-night, and went to our
own tent, where it was quite otherwise than warm, the
temperature during the night being about -11 deg. C.

"After for the most part a sleepless night, we rose at
half-past six next morning. When we came out of the tent
we saw all the reindeer advancing in a compact troop. At
the head was an old reindeer with large horns, that went
forward to his master, who had in the meantime gone to
meet the herd, and bade him good-morning by gently rubbing
his nose against his master's hands. While this was going
on the other reindeer stood drawn up in well-ordered
ranks, like the crew in divisions on board a man-of-war.
The owner then went forward and sa