C — shows, at letter A: forest people who attack the sailors by night but are nowhere to be found during the day. B:
Pagan worshippers adore as a divinity a piece of red cloth attached to the top of a pole. C: Starchaterus, a Swedish
(Sueticus) fist-fighter, very famous in ancient times throughout all Europe. D: A magnetic island, 30 miles from the Pole,
beyond which the sailor's guide, the so-called compass (bossolo), loses its power. E: A huge eagle wraps its eggs in the
flayed skin of a hare; by means of its life-giving warmth the chicks are hatched. F: The great white lake (the White Sea),
where are to be found fishes and birds of an uncountable number of species. G: A marriage ceremony among the wor-
shippers performed with fire struck from flints held over the heads of the bridal pair. H: Exchanges of necessities without
the use of money. I: Battle between two kings, one of whom fights with reindeers and foot-soldiers on curved lenghts of
wood (that is, skis) and carrying bows. He defeats the other who fights on horseback. K: Reindeers draw a wagon (sle-
dge) across the snow and ice. L: Seal hunting on ice-floes and an incridible abundance of salmon and pike. M: Marten
(marduri), sable (zabelli), ermine, different kinds of squirrels, everywhere an enormous number of beavers. N: Mosco-
vite merchants dragging their boats between the lakes to do barter trade. |