by eating the Roots of Grafs ; but if they encamp there 
by day they quite fpoil it, and make it look as ii it w^re 
Burnt, or ftrewed with Arties. The Roots of Grafs , 
with rotten Wood, and the Infeds in it, are their chief, if 
not only Food. 
'Tis faid theft Creatures are very Fruitful, and bring 
forth eight or nine at a time, which is fcarce to be belie- 
ved; tho' it be certain that they breed, yet neither does 
that hinder their march ; for fome of them have been 
obferved to carry one young One in their Mouth, and 
another upon their Back. 
It is reported, that fome poor Laplanders, wanting 
other Foodjhave killed and eat feveral of thefe Creatures, 
and found their Flefti to tafte like Squirrels : Dogs and 
Cats when they kil! them eat only the Heads, and Birds 
of Prey only their Heart : During the Winter they lie 
under the Snow , and have their Breathing holes upon 
the top of it, as Hares and other Creatures ufe to have. 
Thfi Coqfimon People are very glad of thefe Guefts, 
fore-telling there will follow great Plenty of Game, as of 
Fowl, Squirrels, Lo»Cats,Foxes,©c. where of late years 
there has been great fcarcity : Some old People fay, 
thefofbrtof Creatures were feen in Lapland, about 20 
ior 30 years ago, and that thereupon they had abundance 
of fuch Game. 
The Mice here mentioned ^ are the fame with thofe called 
Mures Norwegici , and Dejcriled ly Olaus Wor- 
mius, in a /mall Book wrote en this Suijeff^ and 
V Tinted 1 6 5* 3. 4to. which Book is Re print e A Ver* 
latim in his Mufeum. beginning p. 322. There le> 
ing fome Particulars in this Relation^ not taken no* 
tice of therein, it was thought convenient it fhould 
le ? tinted, 
II. Some 
