But I come to the commodities themselves, which _Jovius_ saies are only white skins, or furrs, called _Ermines_. _Zieglerus_ reckons fishes also, of which they have so great draughts, that they are forced to keep them in trunks and ponds till they can transport them into _Northbothnia_ and _Russia alba_. But there are several other sorts of skins, which _Olaus Magnus_ comprehends under a more general term, and calls _pelles pretiosas_. _Sam. Rheen_ gives us this catalogue of them, the commodities of the _Laplanders_ are, Raindeers, skins of Raindeers, skins of black, yellow, blew, white Foxes; skins of Otters, of _Gluttons_, or Badgers, of Martins, of Beavers, of Squirrils, of Wolves, and of Bears, Laplandish garments, Boots, shoes, Gloves, dried Pike, and Cheeses of Rain-deers. With these commodities the _Laplanders_ traffic for Silver, Patacoons, Wollen and linnen Cloth, Copper, Alchimy, Salt, Corn, Bulls hides, Sulphur, Needles and Pins, Knives, Spirit of Wine, and which is more strange for Tobacco, of which as I said before they are great admirers. Upon all these things as was but now declared, there was a certain rate set by _Charles_ the ninth, according to which they were to be bought up for the use of the Crown; and the same custom is so far yet observed, that to this very day, with whomsoever they deal, they have a certain estimate, whereby they prize both their own and others commodities: the proportion of which rates is according to the Patacoon, or which is the same thing with them, 2 ounces of silver. For example, an ordinary Rain-deer they value at 2 Patacoons, or 4 ounces of silver, the skin of a wild Rain-deer at one Patacoon and 1/2, or 3 ounces of silver; the skin of a tame male Rain-deer at one Patacoon, but if castrated, at 1/4 of a Patacoon, and if a female at 1/2. So likewise an ordinary Fox skin is worth a Patacoon, 40 gray colored Squirril skins are valued at the same price, which number of those skins they call _timber_. The skin of a Martin at the same price, 3 white Fox skins at the same price, a Bears skin is worth 2 Patacoons, and a Wolves skin as much, an ordinary Laplandish garment, which they call _Mudd_, is worth 3 Patacoons, a pair of Boots half a Patacoon, and 4 pair of shoes, 4 pair of gloves, and one pound of dried Pike, each of them are valued at the same price.