0 N A-TbU/RCA'L \H TST'CER'Y & M V R WÏA'T
ifflch^ifled iaid'j/ahdyuiiiKether ffiatfcs|ffc{};fead‘ ^<taMM#ia“^iece,
and: gping-awdyo withit, he’kills*every'thing-he-Cari,11 'and Jf&Jves’
die .ddt°cc!ept behind him!.-; TiëïcéMs^th^-Wolf is|^hèfc'
darted -whencheimeets the!leaQi- refiftarrce ; -and ühty’ bold-and
daringeagainft::thbfeithat the puts .to flight: to thöfè th&t' are
afraid; of; himvhe» ?is mercilfefs: that as! long uhsi'J éven thfe/ dfeef'^s
^poathexAeferieeiheadoes) notlatthdsriaim ; and dïfes^liilfiÉÉèn
fren:,!thafe not only, a cqw, but even a. goat,- •ikhen'-ft-’-ihaS Füfifd
againft him, and butted at himypr puftied at him with'f'ifel’hofns,
ha vq, maintained :thqirigrop.nd; againft vhim,
In .this4«dp: theWblfc dsrmfit rimlikethe evil fpirit, whom the
word of-Gbdxeprefehts toiaisjd: b t a ■ ©wmdpéftd only :tetp||éar1
bold againft the unbelievers ^ear,}. as itTftands in. fcripture, 'Stand
up againft him, and he ffi.ati’fly from* ybfrrefill xhe.devifr and he
. fliall fleas; Bronx; you J *
. viEhe: WólE dai fiiffer hunger ^^lldhardftti^XSdehg tihife^hyMih.
isioMumcm fenbealfó oFpxeyprhfc®t'diflg tdthe!CfèaWtt^y)iifëdfifti-
tutiomp foe their pm¥ifi©mi§eunbef&hpand^5^|Miis:^fcfld^&lly,;
and at irregular1 times + . : i^herinhisf hhngér
he’ll. ,eat clay,-if rit c be’tö'*l)eohad } arid things:- it JMföMtdhe.
digefted, Vematnsri'n1 his guts till he’ige'téflelfr, ajichthat rvVorks- it
off violently; land ;then hferdsiheard ffeswh tuc^^difihali^^t
pain p and if; he/p^ watched upon’ thisysandh^e-xcremehts-are
found,- they arre.rrfrxed with a wooly matter, which many have
aflhredime;: iiHearxiVandelvenoa Sundtoeffa 'f^irfëi'few^Wblf
that appeared very lick, arid fo faint, that:he-could hardly nidve
along, nit- gave thefaimer double cburage, whóm^hded -his pace;
got up tohdm, and killed Him. He had/ thexeyiiof ty ^io hpëlï
Kim and lee. what was thè mattery arid hèi foundi&istftymachhlled
withimofs from the’ cliffs, ;aud birch tropsi;> *
Danger. - Hunger, fliarp ?as a fword, -makes the the Winter
feafon, much bolder than I ever knew- him - tu be t^Stfealhl-Mll
oftiéri^ jand particularly;xppon the ice, fake-JawaylaihéïföTtéia'-a
fledge : :for ithis .Reafoi .travellers! at that: tiiÉfeCêf thé MÉ É ):
generally; provided with fire-arms. The late bilhop Munck • in
chriftianity wöuld hot believe there Was any ccCafion for thefe;
andiperfiiaded ;a! clergyman .of his dipcpfs, whofev name ^was Hr.
Rolbiorn Prather of the eminent Kolbioms,- ft; diftinguiflied in
the late war by pheir valour and courage at pridricklhald) that
it did notjbecome his function to parry a gun with him when he
- 0 . .^ty\IoedmzC diüiiffirneitalër^tiiLupus, ut & alia omnia carnivora licet voraciffima
róagna,/utique.natiVaiprovideritia quoni&ni elca’tfeih; ffemfeer’' in’ ptömptüefl:: Ray
Synop. Quid. p. 174, . ' T -Jjwd Ai juïmi ï j -..ï i >:i .fs-, fittffit tóffif /
• - ! travelled
: N A T I R 'A L H I S T O R Y of > N O R W A T.
travelled to. ichurch,>ior jon>eccléfiaftical. affairs.' pBut the bifhop
got the. better of this prejudice^ onl being'taken oherithb ice: by,
this very, minifterj? on.&rae; of h'is vifitationojourniès. They .were
in expe<ftationipf -feeing an Wolf, which»,-accordingly appear d.
The bilhop, afc'fighfejrof-him,; beg%<-to be.frigh!|en’d, and aft d
Mr. Kolbjbra if he had, nut his gud^ and, from this day, he. kas.
Convinced that it was both tlecefl’aryi and becoming.1' deftroyiMani
the Wolves'we iWle. the. lame'.lheansix’as againft ;tthe, Bears ■ dnftru-ftroyl
ments to blow,them up,, charged-g®ns;, ifeid'i •caïfgafc, that go
off with the leaft tbjuch;’which is tailed Gildre, and is Ipoke of
in; the’Norvegian'EJaW BookydpftS'y^. "i Sometime’s, ■'tho’, ‘at* pre-
fenjt, - not Very dFten^.they.’hav-eireWurlèptönrfeatVthey’ceadl tJlve
H u e r: 1 thefe ar-et Vety!‘ d:eep arid' fteep holes',’ dug in* the ground,
with a narrow.plate to pals through, and^ihidi with a falfe covefp
like a trapdoor, which fftlk-d&wn, and lhuts up'again of itlelf.
In théfe gitssthe W.olf -is:lomet'imes found-ih a corner, along with
other beafts,iwhom',fo u t of.riear, he dóes1 not toushojCand'-it'»fome-
times bappensuthat the pealants, having fallen -in the trap',*-are
found there, fitting ulong*! ’with him :, for this realbn, {there-ate
the neighbbttrJhfiÉdp^hen and
.vVhere-firchs an lilvfe huer is dug. ,
Ai;Another -way- of deftroying .them is by- means' of* a ifq'rt" of
yellow .mols, found upon the fir-trees, whiehV’has’ a poiforious-
quality .5. this is always fatal to Wolves*}, -it is put >intb a carcafe1
and laid fór;theiii. In lome places in this province^ where - there'
is foundj an Eid, th at is, a finall ifthmus, or any other ‘ narroW-
paflage,,i we.are uftd to tie a ftraw rope a-crols, -which -the'Wolf
at firft u voids, pit Ho’Tomé lay ,it is not leng before it* becomes
^iRarcfe.ityilnftjthen he^ll®».
j*rtSome?pëoHle make* atpowdet.'bf dried-Wolf’s, flelh, ap d ’lky i t
it ^>od tp Rcrgate an appetite; whether it *is* lo, of^noty I*-do
npt pretend to know'} but that Wolves, as well as-foxes lungs
Meogdoditfor a eonfumption,* is to b'e concluded-From -the peéiörat
fyfup asiis lold; at the apothecaries, by th e . name-?of -Toch de
phlmmerivMpÈsï^rwherein ,the'principal ingredients, are tYcfivés
and foxes lungs^ tho,’ there are many other things. We may 'allo
look for the virtues of Wolves; 1 ungs, - in Paracelfi qualitatibus
occultis i but thisj'ftpw meets with but little approbation.
Formerl]* the m ö ftvaliant of our heroes in (this country made
tljeir doublets, or clóa^p'of '^tvaiy ’ Talied here BeerferCke,s of
,* TSosfnghteh the ’Wolffiand bears .from the* hefdk' the'öiephetdefl'es have a flora
to hlqw, 'which fis--heard a great* and ‘on hunting the Wolves,** they life.the feme,
as weil as pipes inudruiftsu ufWmWu'P wHr*ui*
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