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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...5. A Laplander is rich according to the number of reindeer he owns. Those who have a thousand or more are classed among the very wealthy; those who have a few hundred are only "well-to-do;" while those who own no more than fifty often become servants to their richer countrymen. 6. But it is about the reindeer as an animal which draws loads that we are to learn: so let us begin with the sleigh, or sledge. 7. The sledge of the Laplander is called a pulkha. To get an idea of what this is, you must fancy a little boat, about six feet long, and sixteen inches wide at the end where it is broadest. From this end it tapers almost to a point in the forepart. 8. Its sides are exactly like those of a boat; and it rests upon a "keel" about four inches wide. This keel is the one and only runner. A strong board boxes up the broad end, in front of which is the seat; and the board itself serves to support the back of the rider. His legs and feet are stretched out in front of him; and, thos fixed, the Laplander is ready for the road. 9. In the best kind of pulkha the forward part is covered with skin or leather; but the Laplander does not often like this. It gives him too much trouble to get out and in. So his sledge is generally open from end to end; and his deer-skin coverings keep him warm enough. 10. Only one deer is used in drawing a sledge, and the mode of harnessing is very simple. A band of skin is used as a collar round the neck of the animal; and from the lowest point of this a piece drops down below the animal's breast. 11. To this piece is fastened the trace, --there is but one, --which, passing between the forelegs, and afterwards the hind ones, is looped into an iron ring in the front of the sledge. The trace is a strong strap of rawhide or l...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781154863574
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154863573
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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