Lulensian, Pithensian, Umensian, and Angermanlandensian Lapmark_. _Buræus_ mentions but five of these Provinces, viz. _Umalappmark_, _Pithalappmark_, _Lulalapmark_, _Tornelapmark_, and _Kimilapmark_, comprehending _Angermandlandslapmark_ under _Umalapmark_, not that they are one and the same Province, but because they are both governed by one Lieutenant. Each of these Provinces take their name from Rivers that run thro the midst of them, as _Wexionius_ in his description of _Swedland_ assures us. As for their situation, _Angermanlandslapmark_ borders upon _Andermannia_ and _Jemtia_, to this joins _Umalapmark_, next to that is _Pithalapmark_, and then _Lulelapmark_, all of them lying Westward, reaching on one side to that ridg of Hills that divides _Swedland_ from _Norway_, and on the other side to the Western _Bothnia_. Northward of them lies _Tornelapmark_, and extends it self from the fartheh corner of the _Bay of Bothnia_ all along the North Sea, called by Seamen _Cape Noort_. Next to this lies _Kimilapmark_, winding from the North toward the East, and bounded on one side by the Eastern _Bothnia_, on another side by that part of _Lapland_ that belongs to _Russia_, and on a third side by _Cajania_ and _Carelia_. Moreover these Provinces we are speaking of, are subdivided into lesser parts, called by the _Swedes_ _Byar_, as _Samuel Rheen_ tells us, and are equivalent to our _Shires_, and the _Pagi_ of the Ancients. So in _Cæsar_ we meet with _Pagus Tigurinus_, and _Pagi Suevorum_, which were not Villages or Country Towns, but large parts of a Country, such as the _Greeks_ called νόμοι, used in ancient times in the division of Ægypt. Hence the _Glossary_ renders the ancient _Toparchiæ_, _Pagus_, τοπαρχία, χώρα, νόμος. There are several of these _Pagi_ or _Shires_ in each Province, except _Angermanlandslapmark_, which makes but one _Pagus_, vulgarly called _Aosahla_. _Umalapmark_ hath four, _Uma_, _Lais_ or _Raanby_, _Granby_, and _Vapsteen_. _Pithalapmark_ seven, _Graotreskby_, _Arfwejerfsby_, _Lochteby_, _Arrieplogsby_, _Wisierfby_, _Norrvesterby_, _Westerby_. _Lulalapmark_ five, _Jochmoch_, _Sochjoch_, _Torpinjaur_, _Zerkislocht_, and _Rautomjaur_. _Tornelapmark_ eight, _Tingawaara_, _Siggewaara_, _Sondewara_, _Ronolaby_, _Pellejerf_, _Kiedkajerf_, _Mansialka_, _Saodankyla_, _Kithilaby_. So that all the Territories or Provinces are divided into 33 _Byars_. In each of these there are several _Clans_ or Families, which the _Swedes_ call _rakar_, each of which have a certain allotment of ground assign’d them for the maintenance of themselves and their Cattel; not in the nature of a Country Farm with us, but of a very great length and bredth, so as to include Rivers, Lakes, Woods, and the like, which all belong to one _Clan_ or family. In every _Biar_ there are as many allotments as there are families that can live of themselves, and are not forced by poverty to serve others. In the _Byar_ called _Aosahla_ there are about 30 of