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ONE OF FINLAND'S FAVOURITE PURSUITS
| The seal-hunter has recourse to more than one ruse before he can get in shooting distance of his prey. Generally he stalks him, lying flat on a sledge propelled over the frozen sea by his feet, and in order that his approach be unobserved, he fixes a white board or sheet in front of the sledge. Sometimes he dispenses with the sledge, and, dressed in white, creeps along the ice on his stomach |
A STRAIN ON THE STRONGEST TEETH: BREAD ON SALE IN HELSINGFORS
| The flat round loaves here displayed for sale are made of rye, the climate being too cold for wheat raising. The bread is hard when newly-baked, and becomes positively brick-like when stale. Bakings occur only at long intervals, so the bread is usually eaten in this condition. Pierced by a hole, the loaves are strung from the ceiling till required |