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(to Of the magical Ceremonies
expell that Gan out of men , or beasts, which others Send. This is
remarkable among them, that they can hurt no man with their Gan , except they
first know his parents name.
Now all that the Finlanders and Fin tappers of Norway effeft by their
Gan, the Laplanders do by a thing they call Tyre■ This Tyre is a round
ball, about the bigneM of a wallnut, or Small apple , made of the finest
hair of a beast, or elfe of mofs, very Smooth, and So light that it Seems
hollow, its colour is a mixture of yellow , green , and alh , but So that the
yellow may appeal most. I had one of theSe given me by M’ John Otto
Silverflroem , Warden of the Colledge belonging to the metals , and Mafter
of the Mines at Salttbnrg and Frahlune. This is the figure of it.
This Tyrt they Say is quickened and moved by a particular art ? it is Sold
by the Laplanders, So that he that buies ii may hurt whom he pleaSes
with it. Tney do perfwade themSelves, and others, that by the Tyre they
can fend, either Serpents, Toads, Mice, or what they pleaSe into any
man , to make his torment the greater. It goes like a whirlewind, and as
Swift as an arrow, and destroiei the first man, or beast, that it lights on,
So that it often mistakes. Of thefe we have too many instances in this time,
which are too long to inSert here: having therefore done with all, or at
least the chiefeft matters concerning their Sacred, and Superftitious rites,
or wcrfhip; we procced to other affairs.
CHAP- XII
Of the Government of the Laplanders.
WE come now to their Secular affairs, which are either public or
private : we will treat first of the public, to which belong the form
and constitution of their Government. This in former times, before they
were named Laplanders, was in this manner 5 they were fubjeft to no
neighbouring Country, but were governed among themfelves , yet So as to be
Subjed to a King, they chofe out of their own Nation. MoSt of them, or at
least thofe which bordered on Norway , and dwelt near the Sea , were under
this kind of Government, in the time of Harauld Harfager King of
Norway , cotemporary with Ericut the Conqueror, King of the Swedes, this
was 900 years after Christ; he conquered the greatest part of Norway,
except thefe Finlanders. The King that reigned over them at that time,
was
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