where they may have their fill of the beft graft. Without plenty
of mois, and feeking for it in their natural freedom, they fenfibly
linger aWay. Befides this, our peaiants make a decoétion from
many kinds of moftj which- is difpofèd'of to the dyers; this is
here called Borke, and makes a good red and- brown dye for vad-
mel, the eoarfeft fort of cloth ufiially worne by. the peafents.
There isr moreover a certain kind óf yellow mofs hanging on the
branches of firs and pines, which is very venomous, yet applied to
a neeeffary ufe, for being mixed in pottage, or « with flefh, as a
bàit fbr the wolves, they infaDibly dieiof it.
Ö f fongöus vegetables, which are* tailed-byj the general name
of Skuroe-harre, or Champignons, L e. mufhrooms, lèverai forts
art to be found here, âS in Denmark and other places,- particularly
thofe which are dried and fold by the,name of Markler (the
feme which in Englandf are called mufhrooms.) Thefe:grow in
the neighbourhood of Biifkerud.in Hedemark and other places,
and are bought up by the curious to fend abroad
C H A P. VI.
Of the SeafVegetafiles of Norway.
S e c t . I. Sea-tiegetdbles little known to us. S e c t *. f t / iS ewekal Jfrecie's i f fea-
grafs. S e c t . III. V-arious kinds e f fea-trees. S e c ®.. IV. Great and
fm d l corals.
S E C T . I.
Me aife1 T T IT H E R TO, I have, .to the extent of my knowledge, given
known» us. _|_ J_ an account of the land-vegetables of Norway. As to thofe
of the lea, it would give me pieafure if I could gratify the reader’s
curiofity with fame new' difcoveries in- this latent part of the
kingdom of nature. However, the litde I have to offer is grounded
op my own experience in voyages, and the reporta of intelligent
fea-faring perfbns* But left this fhould be thought a fubjeCt
of no utility, I fhall introduce it with the following paflage from
J This kind of fungus Is ufiiafly found under birch-trees. They are, o f a. reddifh
White flecks, penetrating through them, fbme call them Flue-
Qrilxtip, 'ii e. flydpOnge, they being boiled in milk and fet out to deftroy fliesj this
fim^s :a L “ Ir,,r'
■ 3 that
that ingenious n^tnr^iftjM. Anderfon-qf-jHamburg“ It is to; be Account of
lajftëOttedt that the hotaofisf:efóieGia31y, tt& Qefmansy for want effi Gr^nland5
<>pp<^tuöity, pèiag fea, .haste/ -mt'cian app%:Str^ tsthemfelves
whhia. ,pRe.eifion:becorpihg>tHe fufejeót, ,tq make a colte
ledfion.of the mamtefvegetablesvabout this country,, diftribqtin’gl
themm-proper c^dff^nwith'defcftptions-of^kch) .,-ÉoEriincéT^wó, •
enteredupon thefe fpeculaiiops, and .colleétedb’as. ihany kinds as I
could,, tlftiy::appear to>ime,/mattef ïóf^reJhMwdn4®"affd.haöft efe»;
quifite delight to-a devouft.-naturaliff, in.the,cönfoderafeibnóf.their!:
inexprefliMe; and to a ftranger incredifak,i,variety,! .figurej -optlnnr,-
pitöuéfion, without roots, &0i and when I .rêflbö^Jphat nothing'
butïwhatdsï^bod,andiufoftdbc®tneko&mb-tfe:lkndpf.thë dkife
Creator. I will affirm -that thefe vegetables; ftowfevermfolefi they
may .be^aqcouitted; potibnly affikrdrflou»^meöteto.diffiliiwn«faWa
mankind, not only -asNfodd; efpepially in- time of neceffity, but’
likëwlfo' Tor - powerful -medicaments{; .did PötK©Ji|infatüatlön for
wfetJ fepfo^ij^igpd -in-line piidër&valne th%m.-.'ï Mr.>
Martin, ift *hi's<?defofiption of the Weftem Iflands óf Scotland, - a'
book-weft worth reading,, has, ia page-148, &c. thrown together-
fomg*' very valifafde.«obfervations upon them,-which he -maJp,
amoftg the ihhabMhts -of thole ’Blands, who livemthebtmoft #
fimplicity, - and in a rational enjoyment of the little, which the
author'of nature1 has beftowed on them; inftanCés-Which fhoüld'
raifedfolbfh in the'^^émfeiatecMfid’^&irious.’l Thus' for Mr. An-
derfon. part óf''ftie ifmabltants^oSlthe feaS-foehr VftKBir figures'
akefemblarice'ToThofe of die land, fesis'feeri.m the';&a-cow,:thfe5
fea-horfe, the fea-dog, and lea-hóg,1 &c.f fo fifhermen, and divers
who h^ve opportunity of knowing thefe things inform us, That
the eminences and declivifies ‘ in thefea^like the foóbnédms g.nd:
vallies, sure over-groftfii not oü|y. Witfi fea-grafs and ptapfs^f fc-
veral kinds, but that likewife they produce bu&es,-'trees,-' ancf
coral-flirubs. .In ?the- chapter, havfcalnejie^j|p0tt!d
the teftiihony ‘of Kirchd‘,'', grounded on the informjttfoi^pf Ara- CKj - ^
bian fifhermen. The bottom 'of öur northern-fea, 1 ikewife affords
variety of fuch marine plants, fome óf which muft he .unknown tp;
thé curious in other parts, and for their fetisfadfiop I have eaufed
exa£t figures of tfie moft remarkable ones to Be annexeclf^?
But; ’