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As foon as it begins to grow old, it is killed, Migrate ? and the flesh dried in the air. It is alfo fometimes hardened with smoke, and laid up for travelling provision, when the natives migrate from one part of the country to another.

32. During the winter, the rein-deer are flaughtered. flaughtered as fheep with us; and every four

perfons in the family are allowed one rein-deer
for their week's fubfiftence. In fpring, they herd?
fpare the herd as much as thy can, and live
upon fresh fish.

33. In fummer, the milk and curd of the autumn? rein-deer make their chief provifion; and, in autumn, they live wholly upon fowls, which they kill with a cross-bow, or catch in fprings. Nor is this fo fcanty an allowance; fowls. fince, at that time, the fea-fowls come in fuch abundance, that their ponds and springs are catch. covered over.

allured?

warms.

34. These are not fo fhy as with us, but yield themselves an eafy prey. They are chiefİy allured to thofe places by the fwarms of gnats which infeft the country during fummer, and now repay the former inconveniencies, by infeft? inviting fuch numbers of birds, as fupply the natives with food a fourth part of the year, in great abundance.

35. The fkin is even a more valuable part of hoes. this animal, than either of the former. From that part of it which covered the head and feet, they make their strong snow shoes with the hair on the outfide.

36. Of the other parts, they compofe their compofe? garments, which are extremely warm, and

which cover them all over. The hair of thefe warm. alfo is on the outfide; and they fometimes

line them within with the fur of the glutton, glutton. or fome other warm-furred animal of that

climate.

37. These skins alfo ferve them for beds.

They

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dwarf. Serviceable.

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They spread them on each fide of the fire, upon fome leaves of the dwarf birch-tree,and in this manner lie both foft and warm.

38. Many garments, made of the skin of the rein-deer, are fold every year to the inhabitants of the more fouthern parts of Europe; and they are found fo ferviceable in keeping out the cold, that even the people of the first rank are known to wear them.

39. In fhort, no part of this animal is thrown away as useless. The blood is preferved in fmall cafks, to make fauce with the marrow in fpring. The horns are fold to be converted into glue. The finews are dried, and divided fo as to make the strongest kind of fowing thread, not unlike catgut.

40. The tongues, which are confidered as a great delicacy, are dried, and fold into the more fouthern provinces. The inteftines themselves are washed like our tripe, and in high esteem among the natives. Thus the Laplander finds all his neceffities amply fupplied from this fingle animal; and he who has a large herd of these animals, has no idea of higher luxury.

Defcription of Mount Vernon.

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OUNT VERNON, the celebrated feat of the late GEN. WASHINGTON, is pleasantly fituated on the Virginia bank, of the river Potomack, where it is nearly two miles wide. It is nine miles from Alexandria, and four above the beautiful feat of the late Col. Fairfax, called Bellvoir.

2. The area of the Mount is two hundred feet above the furface of the river, and after furnishing a lawn of five acres in front, and

about

about the same in rear of the building, falls off abruptly on thofe two quarters.

Rear? abruptly?

3. On the north end, it fubfides gradually into extensive pasture ground; while, on the fubfides fouth, it flopes more fteeply, in fhorter dif

tance and terminates with the coach house, terminates? ftables, vineyard, and nurseries.

4. On either wing, is a thick grove of parallel? different flowering forest trees.

Parallel

with them, on the land fide, are two fpacious

gardens, into which, one is led by two fer- ferpentine ? pentine gravel walks, planted with weeping willows.

5.The manfion houfe appears venerable and convenient. A lofty Portico, ninety fix feet in length fupported by eight pillars, has a pleafing effect, when viewed from the water. 6. A fmall park on the margin of the river, where the English fallow deer, and the American wild deer, are feen through thickets, alternately with the veffels as they are failing, add a romantic and picturefque appearance to the whole fcenery.

7. On the oppofite fide of a fmall creek to the northward, an extensive plain, exhibiting cornfields and cattle grazing, affords in fummer, a luxurious landfcape to the eye, while the blended verdure of woodlands, and cultivated declivities on the Maryland fhore, variegates the profpect in a charming

manner.

8. Such are the philofophic fhades, to which our beloved and lamented Commander, retired from the tumultuous fcenes of a bufy world.

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manfion?

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park margin? romantic?

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The Gentleman and the Bafket-Maker.

HERE was in a distant part of the

Tworld, a rich man, who lived in a

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fine houfe, and spent his whole time in eat. ing, drinking, fleeping, and amusing himself.

2. As he had a great many fervants to wait upon him, who treated him with the greatest respect, and did whatever they were capricious? ordered, and as he had never been taught the truth, or accuftomed to hear it, he grew very proud, infolent, and capricious; imagining that he had a right to command all the world, and that the poor were only born to ferve and obey him.

needs?

cottage?

pulfe?

appetite.

delicious?

humane?

boneft. neighbours.

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wait.

appetite.

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3. Near this rich man's house, there lived an honeft and induftrious poor man, who gained his livelihood by making little bafkets out of dried reeds, which grew upon a piece of marfhy ground clofe to his cottage.

4. But though he was obliged to labour from morning to night, to earn food enough to fupport him, and though he seldom fared better than upon dry bread or rice, or pulfe, and had no other bed than the remains of the rufhes of which he made baskets, yet was he always happy,cheerful,and contented; for his labour gave him fo good an appetite that the eoarfeft fare appeared to him delicious, and he went to bed fo tired, that he would have flept foundly even upon the ground.

5. Befides this, he was a good and virtuous man, humane to every body, honeft in his dealings, always accuftomed to speak the truth; and therefore beloved and refpected by all his neighbours.

6. The rich man, on the contrary, though he lay upon the fofteft bed, yet could not fleep, because he had paffed the day in idleness; and tho the niceft difhes were prefented to him, yet could he not eat with any pleasure, because he did not wait till nature gave him an appetite, nor ufe exercife,nor go into the open air.

7. Besides this, as he was a great fluggard

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