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with the title of Storjunkar , the Second they call Atte, or Storjunkars
wife; the third his Son or Daughter, and the reft his Servants. And this
they do becauSe they would not have their Storjunkar, who is Thors
Viceroy, in a worSe condition then other Roial Prefedls, whom they ufually
See thus accompanied by their Wives and Children , and Attendants.
His representation is as follows



I come now to their Sacrifices and other Ceremonies uSed to their
Gods. Firft it is observable that. they are performed only by men, all
women being excluded; they eiteeming it as great a crime for a woman to
offer Sacrifice as to frequent the conSecrated places. They never offer
Sacrifice till they have enquired of their God whether he will accept it or no.
This they do with a certain inftrument which they call Kannut, not unlike
the old fafhioned Drums, from whence they are ufually called Luplandifh
Drums, and Shall be exa&ly described hereafter. This Drum btiug beaten,
and Some Songs Sung , they bring the deSigned Sacrifice to Ibor , who if he
Signifies by a ring in the Drum that the Sacrifice is pleaSing to him, they
fall preSently to work: otherwise they carry it to the Sun , and So to
Stor-junkar , till one of them will accept of it. The manner of it is thus. They
pull off Some of the hair at the bortom of the beafts neck, and bind it
to a ring which is faftned to the Drum , then one of them beats the
Drum , and all the reft Sing thefe word* , What fay ft thou o Great and Sacred
God ,doft thou accept this Sacrifice , which tve defign to offer unto thte ? And
while they chant theSe words, they repete the name of the mcuntain where
they are: then if the ring refts on that part of the Drum where the Ged
is puftured , they take it for granted that the God is pleaSed, and So
proceed to the Ceremony ; or elSe they carry the Sacrifice to Thor , and uS£
the like form of words , Father God will yqu have my Sacrifice. Feucer ti-

ther.

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