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144 Of their Stones, Jewels, and Pearls.
it. It is very rich and not drolfy, only neceflary’s are conveyed thither With
fome difficulty. There is another 3. miles northward called Witt.tnge, found
by a Laplander in 1668. The vein is not So good becaufe mixt with Iron,
wherefore they do not dig it So willingly as the other 5 from thefe mines the
ore is Shipt away to the melting-houle at Koenge to be melted and thence
brought to Torna. There are Iron mines too, one in Tome.Lapmark joyning
to the Copper mine, another in the fame Lapmark. called Junefuanda found
in 1940. by Laurence an inhabitant there, about 22. miles diftant from Torna,
whether it is carried to be beaten into bars and rods at the forge at Koenge.
A 34 vein of the fame mettal is found in Pelzjjvichin at Lulha, but of thefe the
two firftonly are digged. Iheard in 1671. ofa Golden mine: but becaufe
there was no certainty, I will not infill upon it. I mention it becaufe there
are fome that affirm that it was found in Smdeland in the time of Gujlavus
the firSt, but this was divulged by an uncertain Author, as appears by
thee-vent, for to this day nothing more has bin heard of it.
CHAP XXXIII.
Of their Stones, Jewels, and Pearls.
I Come now to their Stones, which are very large and many, of an aSh
colour but rough hard and intradtable, not to be reduced by any instrument
to Shspe for ufe. Befides thefe there are others often found on the Shores
which reprefent the Shape of an animal. Thefe the inhabitants elteem much
and adore them for Gods, under the name of Stoorjuncare. In Torne-Laymark.
near thetpine Junefuando, on the banks olTorno, there are found yellow
plain Stones of a circular figure like mony, about the bignefs of a half crown,
which look like dirt, but are as hard as flints. Vn. Grape in his papers makes
mention ot them. I will fet down a draught of them marked with the letter
B. In the mine it Self there are found Stones in the perfect Shape of Ottaedra,
poliShed and worked by nature herfelf, but very fmall not exceeding the
bignefs of a nut, and fomtimes lefs. I have put down their figure with the letter
C It is not certain whether the loadftone be found in this Country, tho Olaw
Mag. fpeaks of mountains under the pole which fome have thought do breed
the Stone: his words feemto intimate loadstones as big as mountains, but ’tis
certain he cannot mean Lapland, for that has none fuch, yet there are thofe
who affirm that the loadstone is found there. As for pretious stones they
have them frequently, Burtus mentions jewels, and afterwards he adds
Diamond, Amethyfi, and Topaz.. By diamonds he means tranfparenc Stones or
Chry-Stal, they are found big and little-flicking up and down upon the rocks and
craggs: fome are as big as Childrens heads, fuch as I faw the Illufirious
Gabriel de la Gaidie Chancellour of this kingdom have; they have fix fides
ending like a pyramid, tho fome of them are imperfed; the colour in fome
is bright and cleat not inferior to Chryftal, in other dull and fpoiled with
flaws, fome are pure, others have veins like cracks branching out every way, •
taken
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