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OUTSIDE A NATIVE KOTA, OR WIGWAM, IN SWEDISH LAPLAND |
VILLAGERS FROM THE "HEART OF SWEDEN" |
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| The Lapps of Swedish Lapland, though now but poor, superstitious nomads, are one of the oldest races in Europe, and were one of the last to embrace Christianity. They are remarkably fine huntsmen, endowed with courage and hardihood, in constant contact with wild nature; yet their numbers are gradually decreasing, and their complete disappearance is only a question of time | The natives of the village of Leksand are exceptionally prepossessing and well-built, and their quaint, decorative attire, including the multi-coloured apron worn by both young and old, presents some of the most attractive "local colour" in Sweden |