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they serve the inhabitants for flints when they have occasion to light a candle,
and yield more fire if striken with a steel than the flints themselves. I have
now in a Lapland pouch some Chrystal which they made use of for flints. The
Jewellers polish and cut their Chrystals with such art that somtimes they are
taken for true Diamonds by those that have skill. I have drawn the greater
sort of Chrystal in the native bigness & shape, marked with the letter A. Buræus
mentions Amethysts next, some of which I saw brought out of Lapland, but
so pale and spotted that they were scarce comparable to those that come out of
Bohemia tho I hear since that there are much better found, cut rarely. The same
thing is to be said ot the Topaz, one of which I have in my study, in every
thing like a Chrystal, only the colour inclines to a yellow. I am told
that none of the rest doe shine so much as those that come from other places,
which is the fault of almost all the jewels of this Nation, not being so apt
to bare lively brisk colours as the eastern jewels doe. To this head I
reduce all Pearls and Margarites, tho they be not stones. Some rivers in
Lapland produce these, therefore there are certain inhabitants appointed to dive
and search for them, such as was John Peterson, mentioned by S. Rheen,
who first found the Silver mine at Nasafiæl, he is called een diamontzbryeare
sampi partefoekiare i. e. one that finds and cuts pearls. Which (tho out of
this Country) are not contemptible, it cannot be denied but that most of
them want that liveliness which the oriental Pearls have, tho some are found
as good, and in bigness and shape exceeding them. There are found some not
come to perfection, half round and half flat, the round part being bright the
other yellow and dull. I saw one a few years agoe brought out of Bothnia, so
exactly round with such fresh colours, that a certain woman offered an 120.
crowns for it, a Jeweller assured me that if he had another as good, he would
not sell both for 500. They are bred not of such shells as are in the east
broad, plane, and almost circular like Oister, but longer and hollower like
Muscle shels, and not in the Sea but in Rivers, as may be gathered from Olaus
Magnus. Those that are not come to perfection stick within the shells, but
those that are perfect, are loose and drop out when the shell is opened.
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