206 N A T U R A L H IS T O R Y 1 of N-O R WAY.
A Fragrant
white loan.
Terra anti-
Scorbutica. -
from the toWny is düg- a kifïdof black éêIoi4r^r-WfiiéJi| ifr-teppéar-
ancë, - fieafIV rè'fetnbles -dried coal s,r f drid’ by - fórndha's beèm introduced
for painting. *p
Near Aalgaard in" the parilh of Giefdal, in the above-mentioned
province, in the bottöm of a Httlë frefh fptih*g, as- found a
kind of white loam, ÖÉpï^ ^ - 4Gg3li!i^-‘';§fekd) dhéfife;
:but the moft remarkable property is} it^k^feeShfeTmfeU IikeSthat
of mulk.
In .the Epiftolse Ok Wormii, particularly in thOlfhcond part y ry ,
in a. letter tö T . Bartholin, ihèö:tiofidkïn^ë:df%'kliMdf mirieral-
eardi beneficial agaiAfi ifie fc ifi^ ^ /^ h d 1 fèuriH:anëar- • But
the particular place is not ipebifiMy:tknd -di éf whoin I hayéfeh-
quiréd know nothing ó f i t $ which,fhews the utility of placing in
a permanent and confpicuous light what minute difcoveries are
gradually made ih any iparfi ofn^fiirafphÉóïbphy. fi^fhenwords
of this learned perfon, in that place, are thèfcuc.. “ ilia anti-
fcorbutica, cujus Mentiönem fftGit'Catd©gu|,'"pi^eifei^assifiL^lN0fr
, vtgia reperi&Jr f «am imihiattullt^Tahdcius:iMediqusiR^3us,
ait, kïpis civiaësLLPohatrUmiihiOïpifuïe'TudCéfiiü^aS fiidtógjlii
fcorbuto mpvëndos ea uti,f drachma uMift-dqUa a^p03|ölata^iêum
effoditur, impura valde eft, radïoülis: ét •dabulo.röplètg^ munda
lentorem et pinguedineip. npllam, hab^t, fed- formam pulveris. re-
fert, colore Turpethi-mihëralis, ’ ex meïcurio ;Confe£ti. ”
a kind of Slack earth is found, of wfuph'the peafants make a yery:!göod‘Ip T o r their'
ftuffs, wMch fhews that it U Uke#&^ft^ef 4Ót pMnh|g3 aii®|hi^hl4StifedhölKad
of lamp-Uack.
E f 0 ë f thmiJyyi k i r i r - P a r t ;
T H E
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y
O E
N O R W A Y :
;C O ]i$ T A IvM I N- G
A particular and accurate Account of the.Temperature of the Air, the
’ different Soils, Waters, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stoners, Beafts,
Birds, and Fiflies;' t9gether with the Dilpofitions, Cuftoms, and
Manner of Living of the Inhabitants : Interfperfed with Physiological
Notes from eminent Writers, and Tranla&ions of Academies.
P A R T II.
. froiA the O rigein'a c . q£ the
Right Revd. E r i c h P O N T O P P I D AN,
Biihop of B e r g e n in N o r w a y , and Member of the Royal Academy
of Sciences at C o p e n h a g e n .
Illuftrated with G o P* s F f f i r e sjand SG ^ r a lM a p oK N ^ h^ a’ y.
L 0 N D 0 JV :
M.DCC.LV.