N A T U R A L H I S T O R YI óf N OR W A T.
befote they; çan gèt hihajdown! After this,.they don’t find them^
.'hutLdoii’t hear they «éyéridie.'
Thftsÿ^^afe.’d^y the gö^tsddoodi, ?aridydiflalifè it by boiling it
in oil,; which they hqld:t-olbe& good; remedy for the Lumbago.
; There (are hogs inl^yvyayy both.of the long;and.fhort-bódied
kind, „ but few, %c© they cannot, like the reft; of-ithe peafant’s
Rock, be drove,ta a di,fiance-to feters,' but muft be kept near the
houfè; where their food» comes-. too-;dear particularly in thole
grounds where there arenooak or. fir-woöds for them to feed:* ion
the fruits ‘}r for which reafon a great deal of i'bafion is brought
hither from Denmark.
Leàves and; boughs gf ,elm-trees ate u^dlf&fowtóer food? ÿere
for many beafts, but -thejhQgs ^thrive upon them, better.; tharr any.
There arenq wild; hogS .hêre. :
Of dogs we have here^aittnipther pia^^bboth large anBIinaH,
brought, up to be houfedPgS/tP watch and tdfd4 ve#ie!eattlep,-.and
to proteâ them againft-th§ wild.l?eafts, -Somerare’ raifcdr fari the
chafe, and . particularly for bear-hUntingj?i fey this.-puirpöfèdtEey
ufe final! dogs', for;the creature Çan’ eafiljlayboldconrthéfc;
and they ars alfô.moft afraidqf fiieh, for reafons I- fhall givcrswhen
ï come to treat cf the bear.
: .In Nordland they chiefly.tfnin upithiçiell^Sîto-eatdb birds,tand
to -go r^^re^psan would rtptbe^ able Jtq,fodowothena,'pn1' the Reep
flqpes oh the fîdes of the fields,f.’ \They are likewif^i iaRd^tb watch,'
in. the. night,; fhe.Bergen \ merchants, pountihg ; and , wFarehoidespas
t^eyrrdpf!in Hantagapd^SL,î$alq||. ; The large, and; firrly kind
are,kept . for’ this.Purpofe j rhim-the day-time they,; are peaceable
enough, butjwhpn en|th^ w’atghfas-Titlöasha^ yrolMé^i j , îWe 'have
cats both lame and wild ; tne latter are wry lârge, and ;thçir
fkihs bear a .'good' price p-they Dye by catching birpsVuPPn the
tree's ; they fteal upon them, .and then feiee them by a hidden
leap d-
* 'A t Roft Værven, and other places in 'Nprdlandj where ^tS'eyhjvç‘ yecy.. SSÎÿd1"
tagéous birding, each farmer'keeps twelve. Fourteen,';or fixfeën -fuch.'bird-dpgs ; they
are fmall-gmgjahcf lank, with Ihort legs. • • - This kind;of Këntm^ tfïoiriëHjhe^thé fieft
part of-tBë-'maihtehahç’e o f many'; of* tjiefe farmers.; and .tHeyilpuaKret very often about
the nurnberof 'their“dogs: ' • Seè farther*'relating'hèfe^to'.çap. iy! ,§.':2,. in thë’pêfOTption
of the Làndfugle.‘:
} + Iiakatt fera maculofa folis Norvegis nöti hoé nomine,''tót enirrl Catti regionis Nor-
vegicas obfidërit.tam rarii ^eneris^ ut vix horiuhiBus' lnveniendis fu^cere powrius.
O SpéHiftg4nJf6hs:àâ Tefttóerit/Abiklonis,'-pi ‘147, :'f;