mA T Ü R A L H I S; T Q R ¥ ;of:TV OR W A T.
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I The Norway oxen and cows am in generabnf. il^yolldw ^ciur,
as,the.h o f je s they;ateifmallj hut like the; Dâniflf: in theiçmake.
Mr. . Jo^lAp4ejçfon,! riiiehis -©efG0 ptian; qf f flanekixx vii, : fieri bes
jthjls h^tl^eis^oÿfeîext^eaK.folàsnd^denfelâiÆ^ .ih thofercôuàiiaes
JOwar^Sjfthe-.jiQrth pole ; whiehshe îthihks, altho’ Lit, do^thot
hinder the filh from gtowingvto'the Jargeft fizey may hinder.-the
■ JpaijtSaqf laodoiMuialk froth .dilating! themfelvesjoas -inyMlder
‘and lighter air. For this realon, in the hotteft climates'arëtfeùnd
•the' jlargejT ,b§âfb} .-(as^elephantSrhinoceros;, fdromedatieSj cariftels,
I&Ö:. K$ut l;d^t'khOW)Ahaf;;tfejs:rr(^lpjidSas:?ffly feep fibre s idÔMhis
I| fliàlf nôfedçteWWôe,.q-bi^f ÿ^i;à certaintyïife.is not applicable 4»
alf beafts k.&fcih§Lëlfe<Jnd-j0aj$ il belieye, ~aré hardly i any lÉhere
larger. ' SNfôMîQbïi^stfibhrthe people, * who,- vàsî ftoAHer priasci^feiof
ajaiçftaJdifej' wó)uld> çèhtainl^h^febje^%Of^hejlà^e^ ac(idep^? - In
-that it dfiofe .4Pfi hold, Jpr. thé nren .dfiMoi^ny^yiéldjto thole of n"o
ôfth§r£;g?tipib fit bodily growth; and ftfenglB. fdftlimba® *s i0 ni$fofe
ptjher; hpod we will agree .with J the : euriipusiriuthof infhis Account
of. Greenland ^..îoexyiriWherein'he oblotvesb on thirhead,1 the:pe-
cixliar ptoyidençe of $he: Great oi
beads are generally fuller of blood, apd their* fativgrbws. ctra frtfae
outer. iparts,’ Th^!is,;bet\yixt the'flefh- and : the,, lkin, ; * i >^ p r
•greater ; warmth.]-, j Qn.rihis head -I- ffiall oMèrivbtiooeof »my
Rîwn. j^onfirnaed by eriheys;\t3iat I hayedconjfuked .about;it^’.vfhieh
g^^hatj the. wbitfe rneipbrajne,, ^hiebiliesTjaiçro^ the loins of ouïr
cattle; is :ipuch thicker and .-larger; fhanelfewhère,:;-, and, without
doubt, this ’fsdnfepded tn;keejnih;the;flf turabheat.
In'our Norway cows is found very little tallow j andjddie.-jmoft
îof; thàtiwhiçhis tranfppyted, isigo^ts, ate fhall. be'lhewn hereafter.
The. meat-,; after good ggaljrigi,. ^towards- [the winter - is fufficiently
fat, awi:,yery;,.tender and dglitate ;onRne'.graipedy{ijui(|y;i idfld
“ l*1 It 'wjiat ‘(ms câütHor advances Had 'fojflndaiioh in natüréi;,tKen /thé"bëàfts -in ;ttlîé
parîfblïöéjfiS3xi£ti öh T£óhhéïm| which »i^S^dbTàriJMflftoijèK'j» ihbiild -bç finàller than
iû ih e parilh, of. Bergen’ ; but .this. isiföu-M-quite thegantrar^foridiey -vifibly exceed
them, the jrame^'as weTh asihe wild ; and alfo ife.-birds, 'Oh\the ,many fmali.i|tónds
'dn wc'we ftffiM^ 'ó |' Norway, > d mulqbféfyé'théte) are yearly1 Bred ‘ïjfahÿ’qxen
• much larger tRançtKpfèîô/i tbçoçqntinegt,and (fqnjej àJmoft asjbig-rài the iDàniih' ; but
perhaps that jnayproceed_ from the. yeryfiqë . pafeure they have, iarid^thk liberty ' they
'enjoy \ fân thtÿ îtin1 wjfd tiferej^rira'Swfen they rwaht, them" againft the . team of
flaughtering, they either filoot them, on' lay:.fnarë&ifö catch) tljfem, iTliefe cattle; àre
commonly joined by, what they call'Udgangfvadré, dr Ran^s, (which are kept there
. as goides to the other tattle that are put there) they become old and drong on the
foot, apd generally herd with the cattle ; and in the winter they'help them to ferape
•away the fnaw.abd^lear.the graft ; but as they have the .command;," they don’t fuffer
the Other cattle to feed, till they have pretty yell fatisâed Ithemfelves,,
well-
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well-tafted *. As for. milk au4 >boite^.;|p^.EiW^Bffiaiâibatrlii?Éle,
fkl^: ;(^â.jè.'^|^|{|,7rbui|
this isfyferyrgob.d J l.ÿet that depends.,upon ■ ;thqi-ri.grafihg.-.5 and,-as
I have before taken notice, webaye' as goéH buttçr 'as any where-,
excepting in Marik Landeme. The.péalànt prepâteâ fdr^hirtifeif
milk, butter, and cheefe, in different quantities, according to; his
palate and fancy ; and, particularly' in fummer, bis common drink
is whey. As the cows each' give a little, they keep lo many the
more,, and-., turn therm out. in the ffümmer laverai miles - diftant, to
places called læters; on the high' rocks ; where they keep a
woman-lèrvant in a hut to watch them. In the fpringyr vébaft
they are Iirfl; turn’d out, they make a large lirej '-which.they call.
Boe.Ild, in the fields,. to which the cattle, from their farmyard
, all run, particularly in the cold nights,; arid lay themfeLves
round about it ; this ules them, to keep. together, -.and]to fdpnfc
for theboufe; vyhen they: are to--be ;milke,d.': r.TJhebïïnâll l^jbarf
ground that théfe’pç«faËs!§â.t^^i&ikltffufi^iehtrjfif wfeitfiri proi
vsender, for their .ftack bfi caittle.j ,:tQ:ifupply nwdrich; in'ffuéimer;
jtepÆôitî- carie-loads^
and; dry1 themi tied ., up:, in ■ bundles;;].randy: in- the Ipring) ; tltóys
ihxow them; Ithdiléàvedandôyoung] bfcanchesy ifppsutsi and; boughsorft
In thé Northland Manor, and feme towns in this dibcëfe,'
the Stranfiddere, which- are thole fettled on t-he eo'aff,. .who hâve stranfidder*.
large, filheri'es^; for ]want; of - -other- food l or; pïaverrdéryAeniâS ' ;
co’ds heads, L-andiother] fillies,, bones. 'together, - which the 3cowsjWl br
eat with' a gbod appetite • but • the' milk is not r;goqd,,.-foin«ikrmL,
here eat, but likewife ifche hones.of their own fpeclea^ ryhith; tEtegfe<?ty' ■
fwallow,îgreedily, .and' gifawitthémi{^irihfthbir, ;teefih cas. <the ;,dog^
^uld.M This.ftgnlar icircpn^âocëç^Silfouibted], Fandefthé prik^-i
counfellor Van Oftehf- whèj.hâs. been' .governor ; hère, at ;Bèrgeni^
took vyith him a Norway; cow to court, and gave proof of tlie
fàâ, to the aftoniihment of the beholders, g Nay, the eating of
bbnfes is a cure for the cows of- this country; -when thèy have
broke, their1 legs f eating alfo the herb whiçffTh. Bartholin mils
Gramen Offifragum Norv . and in the deltription of which I have
before faid .more on this fubjedt. .
* The -Englilh, wno ate lb partial to their owr> country, that they will’hardly allow
a'ny.rpther'fQ have the advantage -in thefe refpeéts, when they .come . ‘to -Nonvay; jn jift
allow otir-veal Islnpt-iii-feripf to .theirs,.,. :
• --Jj The < ^ «1«! at.Balfora, and Indians In 'the fields of, Gomrori, alfo feed their
ceiw.SïW;it:lj heads.of fillies .; .tho’ I don’t fay ,qur Norway ;peóplêd\ave learnt.itof them.
J. Bapt-.'-Tayerner takes., hOtfee;;in his .Perfian Trayds;,, cap. x,,i* Ipg;,.. and .cap. .
»dii.;.p>-' 2:8..7.j,.Neceflidas maxima magiftra, is. not feldöni alfo.- Gq'mtnunis magiftrà
-gehtium.remotilfimarum. 9 P a r t . II. 0 The