The Land of the Long Night

nst Still Colder Weather.-Different Costume Needed.-D

o welcome me. I was not unknown to several of them, on account of some of my b

"We will give you letters of introduction to our friends," they said; "but after a time you will be too far north, wh

them, and smoke came out as if from a small funnel. They gave puff after puff and were ag

rn part of the mainland in Europe, is very stormy in winter, the winds blow with terrific force, and midway b

thought of the great "Snow Land" I had left behind me, and how hard travelling had been, and I wond

will never do in the country you are going to. Th

the Long Night' dressed as you are. You must dress like a Laplander. Theirs is the only costume that can stand the weather you are

ess country covered with snow, the reindeer will be your horse, and you will not be ab

e. You will find where the country is uninhabited, or where the farms are very wide apart, houses or farms of refuge where you can get food an

monition in regard to my dress. They then bade me good-night. The next day I remembered what my frie

ching down to the knee or below, made of reindeer skins, with fur attached; with

form. Singu

case of intense cold one is worn beneath the other with

he fur though short is considered the warmest part of the animal, as it protect

They are fastened round the waist by a string and are tied above the ankle. There th

red flannel. The upper part fits above the ankle. They were large enough for me to wear two pairs of thick, home-knitted stockings and Lapp grass to surround the foot everywhere without pinching it. Long narrow bands of bright color are attached to the

the hoof, another of wool with a sort of down, the third of cow's hair, and the f

other pairs made of cow's hair, and another pair made of goat's hair, and I was especially cautioned to

y underwear, and two sets of thick underwear of homespun, for

tery. These boots were made of the skin of the lower part of the hind legs of reindeer, the fur being scraped off. The leather is b

lled with eider down. The rim could be turn

friend who accompanied me said: "I will show you how to prepare your feet before you put you

w your feet will be warm all day even if you spend all your time on skees. You see how careful I have been in putting on your shoes. Dressed as you are you can defy the cold. If you follow the advice I have given you, you will never have cold feet no matter ho

landers, who dry it and keep it carefully, for it is indispensable in winter in their land of snow and cold. It has the peculiarity of retaining heat

for it is from a photograph. Unfortunately, being a bachelor, I don't know how to take care of things, and my costume, gloves, stockings, and mittens have been eaten up by moths, and I have had to

ch difficulty. I was to sleep in these bags when obliged to rest out doors on the snow. One bag was sufficient in ordinary cold w