After proceeding for a while up the stream, we went on shore to repose a little at a cottage. The wind blew very cold from the north. About a year ago a man who lived at this place had killed his daughter to prevent his son-in-law from inheriting his property. A tree close to one of the tents was adorned with more than a dozen pair of horns of the male reindeer, or _Brunren_. When castrated, the same animal is called _Ren oxe_. The female is denominated _Kiælfja_. [Illustration] The horns were shaped as in the annexed figure. The base is compressed and very smooth, not knotty as in the stag. The middle part is curved outward and backward, beyond which the horn is gradually bent forward again and inward. Near the base one, two or three branches project forward, of which some are palmate, having from two to five divisions pointing upward (a). At the projecting part in the middle of the horn is a little short simple branch (b). The summit is palmate, having from two to five branches from its back part, which are curved inward (c). I made some inquiries here concerning the diseases of the people. They are subject to the _ullem_, or colic, of which I have already spoken, _p. 127_, for which they use soot, snuff, salt, and other remedies. The pain sometimes seizes them so violently that they crawl on the ground while it lasts, not being able to stand or lie still. They are also afflicted with the asthma, the epilepsy, and a swelling of the _uvula_. The husband of a woman who had the last-mentioned disorder, cut away a part of the swelling, but it grew as large again in the course of a twelvemonth. The _prolapsus uteri_ also sometimes occurs. Many persons have the pleurisy, and others rheumatic complaints in the back, which descend down the hips and legs, leaving the part first attacked. These complaints happen in summer as well as in winter. We continued our course up the river of Umoea. At length, quitting the main stream, we proceeded along a branch to the right, which bears the name of Juita, and left Lycksele church at about four miles distance, as near as I could guess, for the Laplanders know nothing about the matter. The inhabitants of this country no longer use bows and arrows, but rifle-guns loaded with bullets, not with small shot. They wear no stockings. Their breeches, made of the coarse and slight woollen cloth of the country called _walmal_, reach down to their feet, tapering gradually to the bottom, and are tied with a bandage over their half boots.