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flie ferves for feeding and nourifiiing Mankind : And fays 
their Goddefs Dtfa, of whom he has givfh Cuts, was 
reprefenied with a Net about her, to intimate the Inven- 
tion of Fifbing and Fovvling, which have greatly contri- 
buted to Man's tubfiftance. And in reference to Fowling 
he fays. It's very well known that no where better Hawk,r 
OF falcons are to be had, than in the mofl: Northerly 
parts of Norvpay^ Ifland^ and Mufiovy :^ whence 
they are wont to be carried to the Kings and Princes ot 
the Southern World, viz. of France^ Germany^ England^ 
Spain, and even to tho Mgyp^ian^ Verpan, and Indian Kxng^ 
and Rulers. 
He tells us, their Anceftors held the Immortality of the- 
Soul, and that in their Monumental Infcriptions they 
vt^re wont to pray to God, Thorus^ Odinm, I/is, Ida, or 
other Deities, to preferve the Souls of the dead, and 
this long before Chriftianity was introduced among 
them. ' " 
He tells us of wonderful per formantes, faid to have 
been w^rought by the means of their Scipio Runicus^ ot 
Rnnjlaff', being anointed with "a certain Magical Oint- 
ment, viz. of Men's flying in the Air on it, and the 
like. And fays a more conftant fame of nothing has. re^ 
^ main'd in their Country from the remoteft times of Paga» 
nifm, than of fuch flights in the Air 5 and that nothing 
is more readily believ*d^ than that the prefent Laplanderf^ , 
who continue ftill in Paganifm, ufe the fame kind ot 
flights now ; And that befide Rmjiafs, Sticks, Polc^y 
Calves, Horfes, Dogs, and other living Creatures, anoint- 
ed with the fame kind of Ointment, v/ere thought to be 
able to carry their Riders to places deiign'd. And thefe 
things were wont to be afcrib*d to Diana, or Difay as the. 
firft Itiventrcfs oi them. 
He tells us,, they afcribe the Origine of their Letters to 
J/s^ and fays their Scalds c^iWd the firft Letter If€n^ that 
