Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 163.

Jokkmokk [2], 27/07/1732, ¶894:

Reindeer are not slaughtered in the same way as other animals are, as described in Stockholm, Småland etc. Here the animal is tied with a halter and the Lapp takes his spear and stabs it in the chest behind the shoulder so that the heart is penetrated. As a result of this, all the blood collects within the chest and none runs out. When the animal is skinned, the blood is found to have clotted in the pectoral cavity; they whisk it up later. Rich Lapps do not use the brain but the poor boil it together with blood to make soup. All of them throw away the testicles. The penis is used for pulling sledges.

  1. Stockholm (mentioned only)
  2. Småland (mentioned only)