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140 Of tht Laplanders Birds and Fifb.
The 3d Sortare thoSe which the Swcrffj-call Syck, not much differing from
the Carp; oifly they have longer mouths,and not Sobroid, they are
commonly not So big as carps, but in Lapland they are found extraordinary,
Sometimes weighing 10 pr 12 pounds.
The 4th Sort is Abbor which is » ith us a perch: this is very plentiful too,
and frequently of an incredible bigneSs. There is to this day in a Chappel
at Luhlah, kept one oS their heads dried, which is Srom the top 10 the under
jaw 2 fpans thick. There are found water-weezels red and white, chiefly in
the pools near the Sea. Samuel Rheen Speaks oS2 forts which the Swedes call
Rading, and Airlax ; whether they are any where elfe found I know not.
Rheen thus defcribes the first fort. Rading, has its name from the red color
on the lower part of its belly. The latter is very like a Salmon but not So big.
Some take them Sor Salmons not come to their Sull growth, but this is an
error, for thefe fiShes are taken in pools, which are on every Side parted from
theSea, and are known never to have any Salmons. I had rather refer them
to the trout, or Trutta, becaufe it fcarce differs in fhape, only the Trouts
flefh is redder and foster. Befides thefe there are many other filhin
Lapland, but not regarded, becaufe they Serve not for focd, for w hich reafon I
pafs them over: only Olaus Petrus gives us this doubtful account of their
names, Salario,Cobit’h\Barbatula, Rubellio, Borbocha ocutah, Prafmus,
Cypri-nus, Cobitis aculeata. This Country breeds not many reptiles, noferpents:
but this is meant of the upper Regions towards the Norway Mountains, for
in the low woody places they are found tho not many. There are but few
infers ; as for fleas thty are quite unknown-, but they receive much hijury
from gnats, which infest man and beast, efpecially the Rain-deers, which
upon that account are driven away to the top of the highest Mountains. The
men arm themfelves against them by keeping a continual fmcakin the houfe.
If they fleep,they put a blanket over their body and head: when they go
a-broad they put on a garment made of hides, and on their headscloth caps.
I have bin told by the Natives, that many to defend themfelves from this
in-fed, dawb their faces all over, except their eies, with refine and pitch.
Befides thefe, there are great waSps which trouble the Rain-deers, and
stingthem So deep} that fometimes they leave marks behind them even when
the beast is flayed : thofe little holes which they make vi ith their stings the
vulgar call Kaorme. The only remedy for the Raindeer against thefe,is Smoak,
which if not prefent they dip themfelves in water : and let this fuffice for
their Animals.
CAP.
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