CHAPTER IX.
THE LAPPS
"Perhaps this seems a cold place to you, when you think of the warm farmhouse you left yesterday," said one of the workmen to Henrik. "You ought to go to the far north, and visit the Lapps. Ah! you will find plenty of cold weather there. But those queer people don't seem to notice it very much. I suppose that is because they have got used to it, since they never lived anywhere else."
"Do tell us about them," begged Ole. "I didn't know you had ever been to Lapland, Adolf."
"'IT IS ALWAYS IN THE SHAPE OF A MOUND.'"
"Yes, when I was a young man I was a great hunter, Ole. I have travelled all over this country and have seen many strange sights."
"I should like to be a hunter, too," said Henrik. "It must be great sport getting the wild reindeer. But go on, Adolf, and tell us about the homes of the Lapps, and their herds of tame reindeer, as well as the queer ways of the people."