or at leaft not- published; tkougfeïaiphyficalAir^itfetvsrittfen;if30
years ago, would little füte the talie of-theiè moreilenlightened
^ times; Thereat Wormius iiaS MsiMhfffluua^rana -Tho. Bartholin
in his afl'a' ïïlèdieay and hiftoffca anatom. taribra, have, I know,
introduced!forfie óf the ouriöfifies-^dSïéÉWayf but thcif aeeounts
are defective, 4 flionai$ Raffius was diftingüïfhéd -by a knowiege of
•the'ha’feffy atnd'antiqiïities èf hi^eodktry, fouti<wa§i not .énhnènt as
a: natüralift. AbóWfivfeór ftk-yeaA a^Oit»%)U»^eUi{s,' \dho^w^
tfrehcgovta'hof herey ordered» all the litterati in thefe parts to fend
a^aBhtébUMofevfeï^^paxïkülatf in meik^^e^^G^ntfieè which
might"cóhtóbüfó to the ftMiofation bf-the foil, or the ilfiprove-
•iSmiyWd^Icntfti^r-SBfed'&tiyMeEhorials were delivered- in; but
ofIwhaCufe they! were, or; Whcthfcr : aMylxöëkul^'-'Wéfe taken in
eonfèquCndè of diem, I h'avë'riöt lleard. Itrriay bè^prefurnêdthat
the like örders Were iffued in the Otfrefi;dioe,efes. > Mathematics,
and natural philofophy Have' dways ;been my favotMte ftudies,
^ggrfhiMy late'Ibrafy T
fieal vreitings" publifhed in» iMlyf Franfee,f Géteahy, khd England;
It was Schéüehzer’s Natural Hiftöry of
duced me- to undertake a Work o f the: fariie kihd-On^ Ndiway ;
arid I had' an opportunity b f perfenatlymaking thé beft colléöións
dud öbfefv^tictes for that pUfpófe^0bdtegi'i^êred byiteébÉ^'Eöw-
endahl, who commanded in chief inNbrwiay during the laft war;
^drdw ai:ffiapdf tfelcóundy','ahd!drontiers betwixt Norway and
SWédèn^h^öpy oï #hidiy' ï afih Mntóed,* is' ihfthè" Cbllëgium
Ctniölum dt Copenhagen . • This'Undertaking gaVè’ me an* opportunity
óf travelling thro’ the diöcefe óf ChriSiarifand; and 'óf ób-
ferving all the rivers, lakes, mountains,; ind^v^tftibg relative
to natdral; hiftdry ; ^Mt dfteiWai’ds; whiHt'd' -d’as ' empldying my
leifure in augmenting dfrd dig^ftxng my cbllèëtions, 'ih Order for
publication, ’ that' depiorable- fire which ‘happened in Chriftian-
fend 1734,- deprived me,' befid'éè ‘6;döo> volumes ih all languages
and fciehce, of all ’ mycolledtions and’ manufcripts, fo* that, my
whole ftqék was reduced ïö what^I had 'tïéafhrcd hiy memory,
é ê ® A É m m m m r w p r e f a c e . xvu
■©oryf jand L dt^ vjSneefgj^ tia^- hy^%^9U6nt,obfervations. , I
djad rb^fore-, g|i bijfti edf Holland} de caufa
et origin? yentorja^^the other, af Hall in Sa^ony,)ffof the North-
I .gin withstbe>(entertahiment, I receive
nia and natural, phi-
(iplopy,” So, for M. Spidberg.
^ It is,;^b?re|o|;e ;a md^chpLy,confideration, that fo few-having
*mad,e apy ad#ahee^owai;dfs,, qt natural hiftory o f Norway, their
j.coUe<|ions j Ihould* befithus deftrpyed: which, from feveral caufes,
-has bee^tjae l^te pfomany §.^e|jent,writings among us. Con-
^lUHg.jtlfe'.pggfrdl of., natural .biftory, or thg. great fcarcityl o f
tiuohjwriilh^SoP -^he.aiw(dtQ»wcqiMries.-^|^.learned Muller, in
his pap.
-'§xpEeffi3&,himfelf: j& Hifrorije chorographicse cognata eft naturalis,
.qjia%blfe®t in|iplta Jgrft|Bv1^ # ^ ^ j V ||i^ !te ?;jUx regiohibus hifce
#l|^^^j4aLfsroyocets pauei ta-
■ftiop. rha^t^ m c ^ J^u&^ndam frunpfe-
GQi3a^adiit‘ Henry Lochftor,
wliofe - death - ill the; - maturity ^ o f life, , gnd-ini . tlie midft o f -ma ny
J3®l A ^ |# c {|qf§j t ^hj^idiifjgtatfon Idl^dicar
^ en th fJ ^ y !^ B d ^ q ^ p |i^ u |, Ji§ %s^ %Monendumbdi)ii&',
.haud deeffe Nprye^.fomea medicatos,, deefle astern, qui horftm
- vires.et, ,nr|noipia,ing.uirant. folertes naturalium rerum ftudiofos.”
..Jf,w^,ppn^t|pt, f^e natural jsafifo of diisj it, will hot appear matter
4j^ in, dj^cpe« In a country
^o ,.he^thyras f ^ phyfrcians will fuffice, and confequently,
there are few wHo dgvot^.themfelves^ to phylical refearqhfis^
eafyrto gqpclude,
that I b#d FfeSlc&jtor^aw
many phpi^, g r a te r s,LX T ^ ^ if^ ^ e s , ^ ^ I haye been able
rgyf^fr 1° byr.ipy oym^gxpenen^- ipr enquiries, or
experiments, have/ufj^b ed itpy principal: aids., My annual vifr-
tations, freen intimated, .before* gaye me-the beft opportu- Wm™ f Ifs r ,a ^ ' BE