In the Drum A. a markes _Thor_. b _Thors Servant_. c _Storjunkare_. d _his Servant_. e _Birds_. f _Stars_. g _Christ_. h _his Apostles_. i _a Bear_. k _a Wolf_. l _a Rain-deer_. m _an Ox_. n _the Sun_. o _a Lake_. p _a Fox_. q _a Squeril_. r _a Serpent_. In the Drum B. _a_ denotes _God the Father_. b _Jesus Christ_. c _the Holy Ghost_. d _S. John_. e _Death_. f _a Goat_. g _a Squeril_. h _Heaven_. i _the Sun_. l _a Wolf_. m _the fish Siik_. n _a Cock_. o _Friendship with the wild Rain-deer_. p _Anundus Eerici_ (whose Drum this was) _killing a Wolf_. q _Gifts_. r _an Otter_. s _the friendship of other Lapps_. t _a Swan_. u _a sign to try the condition of others, and whether a disease be incurable_. x _a Bear_. y _a Hog_. β _a Fish_. γ _one carrying a Soul to Hell_.] I have observed that severall of their drums have not the same pictures upon them, I have three very different; one, which is here set down, marked by the letter B. They are described differently by _Tornæus_, in w^{ch} the figures are distinguished so as to refer to several places, of which there are chiefly three. In the first stands _Norland_, and other Countries of _Sweden_, which are placed on the South side of the drum, and are separated by a line from the rest; in this also is contained the next great City, where they trafic most; as in the drums made at _Torne_, or _Kiemi_, there is drawn the City _Torne_, with the Temple, Priest, and Governour of the _Laplanders_, and many others with whom they have any concerns: as also the highway that lies betwixt them and _Torne_, by which they discover when their Priest, or Governour will come; besides other affairs managed in those parts. On the North part, _Norway_ is described with all that is contained in it. In the middle of these two stands _Lapland_, this takes up the greatest part of the drum: in it are the several sorts of beasts that are in the Countrey, here they picture herds of Rain-dears, Bears, Foxes, Wolves, and all manner of wild beasts, to signifie when, and in what place they may find them. If a tame Rain-dear be lost, how they may get him againe. Whether the Rain-deers young ones will live. Whether their net fishing will be successfull. If sick men will recover, or not. Whether women great with child shall have a safe delivery. Or such, or such a man will die of such a distemper, or by what other; and other things of the like nature which they are desirous to know. I cannot give an account of the reason for this difference in the drums, unless it is that some of them are made for more malicious designs, others again for each man’s private purpose. Upon this account I believe, according to the nature of the business they intend, they add, and blot out, and sometimes wholly change the figures. But that you may the better understand the diversity of the drums, here are two represented to you, both which I had out of the Study of the Chancellour of the Kingdom.