and others that have lesser possessions and half tribute, give one _Patacoon_; those which want mony, pay fish or skins, which are commonly of Foxes or Squirrils, of these 50, of the others one with a pair of _Lapland_ shoes, are equal to a _Patacoon_: two pounds also of dry fish are of the same value; now to every pound of dried fish they allow five over, because so much is commonly lost in the drying. They call this pound with its addition _Skattpund_, that is the pound for tribute. They value their Rain-deers at 3 Dollars a piece, and pay the tenths of them, not each family, but every hundred. I have set the prices down here, because if any one had rather keep his Cattel, he can be forced to no more then after this rate. Now concerning the tenths they pay of skins, every housholder is taxed one white Foxe’s skin, or a pair of _Lapland_ shoes; if he hath neither of these, half a pound of dried Jack. This is the Tribute yearly received by the Crown of _Sweden_ from _Lapland_, of which the greatest part is commonly by the Kings gracious favor allowed for the maintenance of their Priests, as was shewn in another place. Now because it is so far both by Sea and Land, before these commodities can be brought to the Kings Storehouses, besides the ordinary tax they give a pair of _Lapland_ shoes, which they call _Haxapalka_, that is the price for carriage. This is all they pay to the King of _Sweden_, but besides they are tributary to the Crown of _Danmark_, and the great Duke of _Moscovy_, not as Subjects to these Princes, but upon the account of their receiving several advantages from their Dominions in their hunting and fishing. Those that are thus, are all the allotments of _Torna_ beyond the mountains, who by reason of the liberty they have to bring down their Cattel from the mountains into the vallies in the Summer time, near the Sea shore, and taking the opportunity from thence of fishing, are taxed by the _Danes_, but not at above half the rate that they pay to the _Swedes_. These allotments are called _Koutokeine_, _Aujouara_, _Teno_, and _Utziocki_. The _Laplanders_ also of the allotment of _Enare_ in _Kiemi_, are in the same condition, who for fishing and hunting pay both to the _Danes_ and _Moscovites_ as well as to the _Swedes_: to the first one half, to the other a third part of what the _Swedes_ receive. The tribute was in former time gathered when the Governor pleased, but afterwards only in the Winter, against which time it was all brought into Storehouses, each County having its proper place for that purpose. But when the place for their Markets and Fairs was determined, the Governor came thither and received it, which course they still take in this business. That this was also the time for receiving it, will appear from the account I shall give of their Fairs in the next Chapter. CHAP. XIV. _Of the_ Laplanders _Fairs, and Customs in Trading._