| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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