which are not found any where else, as _Calceolum Lapponicum_, or _Brassica Rangiferorum_: what sort of herb it is _Sam. Rheen_ expresses in these words, which, tho tedious, I thought fit to transcribe that we might have his exact opinion it. There grows (saith he) an herb which they call _Calceolum Lapponicum_ because its flower is like the _Laplanders_ shoe, it is of a blew colour with three rowes of seed in the pod, it has larger leaves than the vulgar cabbage, its stalk is a finger thick and the root bitter: it grows extraordinary fast, and rises to three cubits in height, and somtimes more: it is thought a bad and unprofitable herb because no beast will tast of it. There is another herb very usefel and wholesome, and of great esteem among them, which _Olaus Pet._ take to be like a carrot, he says it is called _Mosaraoth_, haveing the tast and flower of Pimpervel growing in marshy grounds to an ell in height. That _Mosaraoth_ is not a _Lapland_ but _Swedish_ name, from _maosa_ which signifies marshy places where mosse grows, what the inhabitants call it, I cannot yet learn. And these are the peculiar herbs which this country hath: I have not met with any one that could help me to the exact shape of them. But altho this soil beare some peculiar herbs, yet there are not many species of them, which _Olaus Pet._ gathers from the _west-Bothnia_, which borders on _Lapland_, for in that place there are found but very few. I come now to Mosse, which is of diverse sorts. The first is tree Mosse, with a kind of long wool, hanging down from the boughs, especially of the Pitch tree, and somtimes from others. The 2^d. which is very plentiful and affords food for the raindeers in the winter is ground Mosse, of a white colour, with long thin leaves growing a foot high. The 3^d. is ground mosse, but softer of a more delicate yellow green: this is pernicious to the foxes, which the inhabitants cut small and mix with their baits to catch them. The 4^{th}. is also ground mosse, short and soft, of a very fine colour, which because it is so fine they use instead of feathers to lay under Infants new born. I hear of a 5^{th}. sort with larger and longer leaves, which they call _Fathne_, good against fainting if it be bruised and drank in broth, but I doubt whether this be Mosse, I had rather believe it _Angelica_ cut small prepared and boiled under ground. The last thing which is to be mentioned is Grasse, which is of diverse kinds, the best sort is that which is found in the vallies near the mauntains called _Fells_, being short, soft, and juicy; that which grows in other places is thicker, rougher, and dryer. There is a 3^d sort thin and slender which the inhabitants use for stuffing of their shoes, and gloves, to defend their feet and hands from the weather. And these are all the trees, shrubs, and herbs of _Lapland_. CHAP. XXXII. _Of their Mettals._