In Norway I heard of a curious method that someone had used in order to take away drums and various pictures from the Lapps.3 Having got wind of such objects, he would ask the Lapp to hand over the drum and the Lapp would refuse. Having asked the Lapp for a long time without any success, he takes his arm, pulls up his tunic and, before he notices, opens the vein, at which the Lapp swoons, begs for his life and agrees to hand them over. He is then immediately bandaged up and the same procedure is applied to many others. I had a guide who accompanied me to his nearest neighbour but the latter was on the point of moving on and could not receive me. My Lapp would not agree to accompany me any further until I promised him a beating with my sword; this was even though I had paid him well for his earlier work and pleaded very much for his assistance. As I reached for the sword he began to take to his heels but had no success since my servant got hold of him. He became afraid, trembled and agreed to accompany me but, since he looked back so often, I made him walk in front of me. When I reached his next neighbour and put my head in the door, my Lapp took to his heels, not going back the same way but to the mountain at the side so fast that the devil could not have caught him. He left without money or bidding farewell. So force will achieve nothing here. The interpreter said that the Lapp would not have been 100th part as frightened if he had seen me cocking my gun at him.