[Footnote 28: Buffon, Hist. Naturelle, tom. v. p. 6, in
12mo. Gustavus Adolphus attempted, without success, to form
a regiment of Laplanders. Grotius says of these arctic
tribes, arma arcus et pharetra, sed adversus feras, (Annal.
l. iv. p. 236;) and attempts, after the manner of Tacitus,
to varnish with philosophy their brutal ignorance.]