The driver sits in the bottom. The reindeer
draws the sleigh, and goes very fast. If the driver is not very
careful the sleigh may be upset.
It is in Lapland that you may see this kind of a sleigh. The people
who live there are called Lapps. They are short and stout. You would
think the men and women were boys and girls.
It is very cold in Lapland. The summer is short, and the winter is
long. So the Lapps have to wear warm clothes most of the year.
The men and women and boys and girls in Lapland dress much alike. In
the winter they wear a long outside coat called a _kap'ta_. It
reaches below the knees. It is made of reindeer skin with the hair
left on. Under the kapta they wear warm clothes made of wool.
[Illustration: A Lapp's Tent.]
Their shoes are also made of reindeer skin. They wear two pairs of
thick woolen stockings. When they put on the stockings, they wrap
their feet in dry grass. Then they put on their shoes. The grass
helps to keep their feet warm. They also wear two pairs of mittens at
the same time. One pair is made of wool. The other pair is made of
reindeer skin. Their hats or caps are also made of reindeer skin.
They are lined with eider down.
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