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not but forget many things relating to Superftition, an 
execrate and caft off other things, or at leafl: be at an un- 
certainty in maay things, mixing Superftition with the 
Truth, nothing. being more certain than that Paganifm is 
not yet quite exrinft in thofe places. Whether theretore 
the LapUfiders themlelves are now ignorant of the make of 
the maft 2intitnt Jorums ^ or whether fo diifering a fitting 
of the Dr^^^T deprives them of the know ledge of a thing 
fo extr^amly vain, tiiey now fuffer them felvcs with ex- 
tr©am difficulty to be drawn to make known their Superfti. 
tion to others : Perhaps alfo ftiame or fear in a manner 
deters fome. To pafs by that the chief Arcanum of 
Superftition will not be revealed, be it as it will, you ftiall 
now hardly find any Man, who knows rightly how to 
manage this Drum, or to explain it to others* And 
;thofe who think they know fomewhat of this kind, either 
fo obftinately conceal it,or fo diffemblc their skili,that thofe 
labour in a manner in vain, who with any Gifts how great 
fbever, or high Drinking, (which is wont to go a great 
way with them otherwife) endeavour to break or conquer 
that filence ^ but among Gifts (if any Man will purcfaafe 
this Art of them) the Laplanders are moft earneft Lovers of 
Imperial Rix Dollars. 
The laft Chapter treats concerning the Menfa Ifiaca^ 
or the Table of Ijis : And here the Author fiys, the 
World owes great thanks to P/gnorius^ for having 
preferv'd fo great a piece of Antiquity from oblivion, 
and for having illuftrated it with the Commentaries 
and Gonjeftures of other Men as well as his own; But 
whereas hfs account ©f it is very imperfeft,the Author fays, 
he undertakes the explication of this Monument, which 
he had never dar d to attempt, had not the fituation of 
his Country, the cuftom of the Inhabitants, the motion 
and operations of the Sun afid Moon about their Earth, 
the Runkk Fajis^ the Lapland Drnws^ the Fables and 
Traditions of the Northern Inhabitants, given fome light 
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