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" The former, in summer, dwell in the neighbourhood of some lake, whence they draw their subsistence ; and in winter they reside in the forests, where they live by hunting. The others seek their support upon the mountains, possessing herdt of reindeer,... "
A Universal Gazetteer; Or, Geographical Dictionary: Founded on the Works of ... - Page 12
by George Landmann - 1840 - 743 pages
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The General Gazetteer: Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary ...

Richard Brookes - 1827 - 756 pages
...the place of their nativity, they usually die of the nostalgia, or longing to return. Their women are short, often well made, complaisant, chaste, and of...seek their support upon the mountains, possessing herdt of reindeer, which they use according to the season ; but they go generally on foot. They are...
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A New Universal Pocket Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the Most ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 312 pages
...superiors, cheerful in company, hut very mistrustful, and are great cheats in commerce. Their language comprehends so many dialects that it is with difficulty...The men are divided into fishers and mountaineers ; and their chief traffic ia with the Norwegians, with whom they exchange skins and furs, for flour,...
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A New Universal Pocket Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the Most ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 312 pages
...superiors, cheerful in company, but very mistrustful, and are prrat cheats in commerce. Their language comprehends so many dialects that it is with difficulty...The men "are divided into fishers and mountaineers ; and their chief traffic is with the Norwegians, with whom they exchange skins and furs, for flour,...
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A Universal Gazetteer; Or, Geographical Dictionary: Founded on the Works of ...

George Landmann - 1836 - 872 pages
...and of weak nerves ; which is also observable sometimes among the men. The language of the Laplander! comprehends so many dialects, that it is with difficulty...understand each other. The men are divided into fishers aud nioun. taineers. The former in summer, dwell in the neighbourhood of some lake, whence they draw...
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The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference

Samuel Maunder - 1855 - 820 pages
...company, but very mistrustful, and are créât cheats in commerce. Their language comprehends во many dialects that it Is with difficulty they understand each other. The men are dividir! into flshers and mountaineers ; and their chief traffick is with the Norwegians, with whom...
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The royal dictionary-cyclopædia, for universal reference ..., Volume 5

Thomas Wright - 1862 - 1134 pages
...of the nostalgia, or longing to return. Their women are short, and often well made. Their language comprehends so many dialects, that it is •with difficulty...The men are divided into fishers and mountaineers ; some of the latter possess 600 to 1000 reindeer. Beside looking after their reindeer, the fishery,...
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Stewart's geographical reading-book. Standard 5,6

Stewart W. and co - 1884 - 408 pages
...their destination. People, Manners, etc. — The language of the Laplanders is of Finnish origin, and comprehends so many dialects that it is with difficulty they understand each other. They have neither writing nor letters among them, but a number of hieroglyphics, which they make use...
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Sketches of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: With One Hundred Engravings, Volume 1

Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 478 pages
...division of time. They have neither writing nor letters, but a number of hyeroglyphics. Their language comprehends so many dialects that it is with difficulty they understand each other. Besides looking after the rein-deer, the fishery, and the chace, the men employ themselves in the construction...
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