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be the Father of the Sun and Moon ^ a name compoundcj" 
from Mond tfce Moon, jEZ^ the Sun, and Far Father, he 
being a famous Aftronomer, 
He tell us, that Norland-Fowhrs^ feeing flocks of Birds 
coming to them yearly from Finland and Mn^ovy^ make a 
great gain of them : for above 600 Cart- loads of Birds 
then taken and kill'd, are wont to be fenc from Norland 
into Sweden in the Winter, nay, to the fole Metropolis of 
Sweden^ StockMm : At which time their Fltfh becomes fo 
hard, that they receive no taint from the Putrelaftion for 
two or three months, whereas at other times they can 
fcarce be kept .two or three days from (linking. As to 
the flying away ot thofe Birds, they are wont to begin 
their flight in the months of September and OSoher, for 
the moll part without danger : But if they chance to de* 
lay it till November or Decenfber^ it's often di(lurb*d and 
interrupted, not only by the (hortnefs of the Day-light, 
but likewife with moft thick Fogs rifing from the Bal/ick : 
For,, falling into Darknefs and Fogs in their flight, they 
lifft lofe their way, and at length, being tir'd with conti- 
nual flying, they fall into the Waters, their Bodies being 
found in heaps, driven to the Shores. 
Speaking of or lo, he fays their Anceftors call'd the 
Earth a Cow, and made its Images in the form of a Cow, 
becaufe, as among Animals, the Cow alone fiipplys Milk in 
a due quantity for humane ufes, fo the watery part of the 
lerreftrial Globe fcrves moft of all for the produftion of 
all things, and fo from this Northern Cuftom and Wor- 
ihipof!^x the Mgyptiam learnt to Worftiip or. Jo^ 
and to look upon Cows as facred. 
He fays, that tho the firft Author of Earth-worjhlp gave 
the Earth feveral Names and Titles, as of lo^ Troia, Frig* 
ga, J/s, Terra^ Qref^ and many others, yet the Name of 
Mia^ Diana, or Difa, which fignifies a Nurfe, was the 
moft common and folemn name of allj given her becaufe 
fhe 
