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Wild beaflrs ferifeeafel® t® manklfldHfor dood ok clqathing, and Deer.
thofe intended for t i l punifement fey r^ifeey. ®re(&ünd alfelnativê
in NorWay... And jfirft I : ffoaill Ipeak of the common Deer, which
lire in (Qfterlaodet)/the e rf BoatBtl^'j Owly • on thé weft fide towards
the fea, |ln ,-the diacéfe of Bergen and Trónhekn, where they
ffeiiiaaeriy were-frequent, tMsy ane ©f daté tydtcsvnKKih • '{haaséèt $
frfthe wolres hare afasrf 'entirely ddfeoyfed %hirf tn Opland©»©}'
and hare ns*v, -for about thifetyi^^r^JcS'^fedifdbe' FiledPielu} a
v r f mountain, r'and' anrfially devourniimfe'erb ; and we frequently
fend '.the' fkedetam. Wellupickrf in:^he>c5ppen fields* I There Ure,
fenUever, feme ftill both bn theifiands and on the continent*- The
fine Adei-'Hiorte, dr Retfe-deer, istas large fis a*tniddlbrfzed horfpj,
with ConfidffiTabfe iafcge horns. | The ferfttefs flièot them in
winter, feeing the; beft time to keep thpfe, j®M;icafry them tö
town 5 and if they havé no èppêïtuhityyMiëy Mïde them under
the' f ew * , and live upon ttem ttótnièlTnes,’and hare a gbest
price |or the hide and-horns. Sormrinies f t happens that the
harts and hinds,; in littiè herds, fiviffi ©vet pretty feroad waters*,
betwixt il'he.i continent and the iflands j to .^ctompfifli which}
they very orderly help is®®-afiorfer, by refting theit; heads b& *
each others rumps }. and when the foiemoftfe tired he retreats
tOi;thfi''.lrf,'nlbafmg theinexfc'to him; foremoft.* Raadyt f ate
only found in Borgefyffel and Nuntmedale. ;
. Hpres are frequentih Norway, apd ate very :ch©yp ;iftlwiatè*v
They are fmalfer thanfc in Denmark, and Change 'Colour, in the
cold leafed, from brown or grey, to fn©W white. I
j-/ In-the woods they catch inioe like-cats, and purfee them utidör
the fnoW 5 they btherwife in neGeflity l-i^e upon the bitch catkins.
Rabbits, which are of the hare kind, are fouttd but in very few
places } $vé5harè them white and gréy.
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i ;: Elfdyr, Elkdeer, which are &lfi> called Riling | | , are fèen in Eifc.
the parifhof Fiorden, viz. at Ringerige and Rorhetige, but not
;j ;¥ £oiAedtiieS''liiejr;mafce ufe of fubterraneous -cainfeB '4&' this purpdfe, .where the;
:cold.is' exGéffive ; particularly ithe Hardanguike -Poachers make ufe of , a cave in the
parifh of Odd®,. near Sandvend-hóufe, which aniwers to its manie KoM-Htill, for
nobody can go in, in the' hottefb futranaers : day, f&ór-fteps,'before thëirt breath is
/taken away,- and they mu ft inftaScly returner lUSs a fine place to keep the game
or venifon a long 'wliiïe. .
f .Aodiv» of fheSwades, the RWrèud&i /She Gapra,! asd Ipctós df .
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