The 4^{th} sort is _Abbor_ which is with 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 of their heads dried, which is from the top to the under jaw 2 spans thick. There are found water-weezels red and white, chiefly in the pools near the Sea. _Samuel Rheen_ speaks of 2 sorts which the _Swedes_ call _Ræding_, and _Ærlax_; whether they are any where else found I know not. _Rheen_ thus describes the first sort. _Ræding_, 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 for Salmons not come to their full growth, but this is an error, for these fishes are taken in pools, which are on every side parted from the Sea, and are known never to have any Salmons. I had rather refer them to the trout, or _Trutta_, because it scarce differs in shape, only the Trouts flesh is redder and softer. Besides these there are many other fish in _Lapland_, but not regarded, because they serve not for food, for which reason I pass them over: only _Olaus Petrus_ gives us this doubtful account of their names, _Salario, Cobitis, Barbatula, Rubellio, Borbocha ocutala, Prasinus, Cyprinus, Cobitis aculeata_. This Country breeds not many reptiles, no serpents: 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 insects; as for fleas they are quite unknown; but they receive much injury from gnats, which infest man and beast, especially the Rain-deers, which upon that account are driven away to the top of the highest Mountains. The men arm themselves against them by keeping a continual smoak in the house. If they sleep, they put a blanket over their body and head: when they go abroad they put on a garment made of hides, and on their heads cloth caps. I have bin told by the Natives, that many to defend themselves from this insect, dawb their faces all over, except their eies, with resine and pitch. Besides these, there are great wasps which trouble the Rain-deers, and sting them so deep, that sometimes they leave marks behind them even when the beast is flayed: those little holes which they make with their stings the vulgar call _Kaorme_. The only remedy for the Raindeer against these, is smoak, which if not present they dip themselves in water: and let this suffice for their Animals. CHAP. XXXI. _Of the_ Laplanders _Trees and Plants_.