The dean in Skellefteå told me of a Lapp at the last assizes who accused his neighbour of having twice as much land as him without paying any more in tax. The accused consequently became liable for twice as much tax as before. In his annoyance, the latter revealed the existence of a vein of silver ore and, because of this, he was exempted from tax by royal ordinance. He went to the other party and said: “There, you see, now I am exempt from tax and you are not”.