fëêW Hai danger Feld formula more extenfive denomination, and
detaches a:bratech towards the-'s.' W. Under the paralfet of 61?; the
, chain affumes the name- of Filifetd, folkwed by &®gnefeld,-and Lang-
feld, which terminates a little beyond the 62° e f north latitude..The chain
now alhimfes a winding difeöion from weft totfcaft' and this part,'which
■ is efteemed one of the higheft, is ftyled Dofrafeld. -Again »tuming-to
the N. £ • we arrive at the p a r t s .towards-the parallel of- DrèWtleim,
wHida are generally reckoned the moft elevated, Cor towards Lapland
the .mountains decline' in height. The fueceffive names o f this central
I portion are Rudfeld, Skarsfeld, and Sulafeld.* -Jomafeld and Borfafeld,
and feme other local appellations^ are continued - by, the-generat na-the
of the mountains o f Kolen, which pafs along the call and fouth of
Danifh Lapland.
- In a mgxe general poi^t-of-view, th è :; (outlïsrn p a rt o f th e 'Sc-andina-
vian chain, running nfe'aiiy N. and S., and terminating at the’province
o f Romfdal, is called L angfi-a h .-, or the L o n g M o u n ta in s^ . Hence
thé part called Do PR A Fi-A-nx extends towards, Ube ifeaC, -Aüdingyaböv-é
th e lake d fA u rfu h d - or O re fu n d ; where- it again ‘próee'eds al mo ft due
north. H e re alfo a confidferablé jgflanch .proceeds by Swuckn, Ssc.
towards Sweden.-}- T h e third, -part: o f th e ' range, fiorn-' the n o r th o f
Orefund a n d .th e vicinity o f the copper minys -of--Rotas, is. Called the
chain of Kolen, extending between Norway and Sw-edifh Lapland,
a n d ' afterwards bending, in the form o f a horfe fhoe, on the Couth of
Fin mark.*'
The height of thefe mountains was as ufual extreirlely^e'^igge'fafed,
and compared witb the Swifs Alps, till morefl exa&heft' was itftródiïced
into Orology.. Mr. Pennant® affords the moft recént idfó’frMtión .’on
* T h e fabulous Pontoppidan calls' tlusl central chain (p. 4 1 ;) Sevcbierg, or the feven.mou.n-
t a iw and in his' map the eaftem parts towards Sweden are called D aarfeld. T h e name o f Seve-
tnerg, or the feven mountains, is palpably local, and has no reference'to the general chain;
though fome writers affeft to regard i t as the fame with P liny’s Se vo, which was in Germany.
T h is term is on the contrary not only- local, but recent, and perhaps only applies to the hills
called the Seven Sifters, p . 46. I t is Unknown- to former writers 3 and he confcfles p. '/ jfï.that
the onlv general name is L an g f e ld , or the Long Mountains. J SeezSchoning’ s map- pf Norway
in the middle age's..
+ I t is to this laft only that Pontoppidan gives the name of Sevebierg.
-* Bufching, i. 378. . " 9 Arftic Zoology, i. cviii. '
the
the fubjedt. -“ Mr.. Afcanius, profeCsr; of, 'mineralogy- at Drontheim,
allures me that, from fome -late furveys, the higheft in that diocefe are
not more than fix «hundred fathomSijabdve the . furface o f the lea ; that
^h e mountains fall to the-.'we.ftern fide from the diftance of eight or ten
^pttwegian .mije&^sbutfto. % j ^ j |e r n rfrk ^ h a t? of forapt ’’f$ h e higheft
^%/P9,vr£-.fr®J , and Tille i4,rRei?gem.; ,.Th;ey rife flowl^,
^ n d ^ d ^ ^L ftiik e the, <|y.e like^okfdakh-Orn', a n d tU ^ ^ n t , whiphfoar
ma^’qfticalby.from thq?ifea,t yProfeffor Ritzi'«Sipf,Lund acquaints me that
KinnekulJe/ija -^ e ftrp l^ b liia , -js'pnly$ above.-the lake
'Wenern, or 93IIP above theHda.u, He ,a4dSo -that tBe following h$ve
tfeeen only meafti^ed. tej’-fthe-ib- ©.r.'-fib» 'the|vnext adj^cgh|; waters :
Arelkutaip,, a fo lk sy mouritaimupf;|arktlarid,-1 ^bK^tCflTrfppJve Swedilh
111 ifesyfroT1 t^d|j|iigheft Alps, .whi&h'j f^a^te.i^oryyay anfhS.wectei^fijS
Cajd t;o ha. 6,1-62 Rn^ljlh feet a’bjOS'e J&he mpareftt nversy-Swufkufto^t
.within-the bprder& 'ef^p^Way, 46^fy(aboy&.dake Famund, afid tfi^t lake
is thought to Be ‘2 o r ^ ^ k » above the fea; and findly‘'§ylfi*ilen,-‘on
the. borders tfff Jaetritknd, is.'’ 4132 ’Ceet^T^lKPdieak^lcsp-ytkejdleight
to the bafe.. By C6me -late' experiments-,the hlghe^mpudfeias,^Sw eden,
between, lat. 65. and 64°, have, been >ff>und_ td^Mhyf2.^feet 'at^cwjgf
the furfaqe B fd h e Baltic jg| but no trees ^will- ’ grow^ oh them atljttlq
more than h a lf that height.” J
* ; O f ’ i^eQO-feet each. ‘ , ; , ' -
f “ M i. Tornften in A f t . Reg-.-^y. ’Ho lm.”
t Hcre woulcf feern. to b e himi miftake on the ptli^ef-»ncle ;i arlxl.it''i".5, often to Ire Regretted that
Mr. Pennant’ s accuracy is notequal to his ihduftry. Bergman ‘ computes the height'of Swukku
a t more than 9(^00' feet above t^ e|fe a^and & y k that dt..yields in height to .th ^H d rw e^ h 'M p s , '
which are here eftimated b y Afcanius, or miftaken- b y Pennant, at onlyggS^b feet above the fea !
I t is probable that for 600 we ffionld read |So o ;fathoms,: w inch wouIdTieM’'9,S®oTeet. -T p o n ’
the Whole i t would appear tha t the Scandinavian, chain is'inferior in-height.ybiihe Pyrenees,' or
. even to the -Carpathian. - .
?V Bufching, it *33 r , fays-thathhexnAi^rfaius^T'iijy- >knjE^sSule'lriri the S. o f N orway,!are-lhe
® igte f|i; but in this'he 'erm in-Copying Pontoppidan,. who faysShey'are the 'higheft in that qua!- F
ter. .T h e high eft fliarp fummits are, in Norwayhstsifa Swiffciland,- e ilk d I hlWxjora 'f i ckna kit in
: tierdfiord, Snee^orh: and.Skopihom in Sundnioer, Romfdal-horn, ano {bthers:'' .Many loffy mouu.
tains branch out on the weft towards,thefea.; ,
G f the high mountain Wigeln1, andktE'esjntkelpf Orefund,- ’there is a view in Hermelin’ s Atlas.
.■ There are alfo views ot fome Swe'difh aridJ,|^^poniG-;mpu'n£Mn,s.i;..as 'Ruten ri'ear'.the lake Malmagen ;
o f the high .ridge between Herdal and Norway, .which is pa tched'with perpetual fnow ; and ^
fome in.Lulea Tapmark- . I f jhffr? he any glaciera lilt 'IJfojwity ..or T apland theyTaW-efcaped ; -
Scandinavian refearch, and the afpeft 01 the mountains rather itefembles-thole' o f Scotland t&affif o f
Bwifterland.
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MoUHTilKS.
Arelkutan. |
Swuckuftoet.
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