N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of N O R W A Y .
Wolves fkins, to appear the rüöre terrible j lb lays Tfeóiöi. Torfl
In prhms Berferki ptllibirs Lupiffi^ ad^ terraffetn hcyffeïÊ'iM inë4x-i
tiendum, induti, öt eÉttóni/famM^ x|«oties pugnandul^ êflbtj
univerfem agmen, ante acei principia prseiba®t^!dt WiMeni
infultum propul&emt a(c procul disrovefent. Hifb Netvf P. II.
L. I. c. v. p» 9. In another place the lame author- tells tts ftfeele
fur/d feins were ufed for a coat of armftot, becaiife they* eöfld
not eafily be cut through.
’ ■ 'Ijs Ê C T; TX.
6oupe, orr^ . * Loflet», whkb in Norway- dialed is called Goupe, is the
®f v third among thk - •- „ It is femethmg
fmaller than a wolf, but as fierce ;and dangerous : it bites and
tears alt to pieces that it can nsaftep. | This creature’s :£kin is rof a
light grey or white»- with dark fpotef ia' Angle' &111 is femetitöes
fcld for 8, 10, or iz rix'dcdWs> acCardhlg tos the goodntis t
their claws are very Iharp< ahd crooked,. turning:!® like a eat%*
They are, indeed, of the cat or tyger kind j. thèir backs bend
like thèm, efpecially when they, ape in their, holes dt^klöl far
prey among the creatures that pafe^by j they throw themlèlves
air once on their prey» as foon as ia reach. When a Goupe is
attacked by a dog, he, throws himfelf immediately#» his. back,
in the manner of a cat, and tümè. up his fore Je^r *to be the
better able to defend himfelf; thé dóg cm dik la y hold, and
thinks himfelf conqueror j but, the iGoapd. then: tnakes tale rof
his Iharp claws fe eff^aally, that he fleas the enemy alive.
We have in Norway three feets of QoupeS f the Wolf-Goupe,
the Fox-Goupe, and the Cat-G©upej;ife called!from their refem-
Thar proper- blance to thefe feveral creatures f . . They go out like the wolf,
excepting that they don’t, like him, appear fo publickly in the
open flat country, but keep more in the woods, .and lurk in
holes in the earth, which they dig for themlèlves, deep and
winding ; but they are drove out i of them with fire, and fmoak.
In the day-time they’ll lie hid, and fteal upon their prey, as has
beeh already obferv’d, !#hich they eta fee at great diftance $ for
their fight is fharp.
. * . The L y n i ., The Lupus Gêrvarius ahd Lynx, of authors*
't' The laft has the fineft and mop precious hut ’tis fcarce half fo big as the
weSU5 dai% is tntaë'ffey thiöi white, b e t bótbt’d- With beautiful black ^ots,
nearly like theg panther or tyger* ;:S,ee Shawls Voyages du Levant, Tom. |L p. 31.8.. a
■ comparifon betwixt theLoifenand leopard. 'Hr. öabriel Heiberg, paftor in Nnrdfinrd,
minifter in Glopp^n, takes notice,, among other bbfèrvations, that according to
feveral informations,; there is another fort df.Lólïèn* whole heads are like a Fell, tneffe
-SBC called Ifpil-Goupe,
They
i M M H P S ir .ö :R Y óf N o r w a y .
. T h ff thi^> .IhCe^iidfigbafe doifit teat'ftibre
andjbyithis'oiscbihftatiee one knows: that-
the, IfO^n, Tfco.’i theyialwjay^ikilL’ty^ th^fOab'
very little .in the encr^fing.moons ylbut infJtfei.doffilealbtthey ’ abe-
in(?re0rav©jiqi}§5S!:>andr yjyill hidb oMbtoyiithe;^arekfffes;iik@ thor:bear.
The wifd^t, .whjicb'leems, fmmvits hlpe£t, to be of theif kind/
is r|heif, t fjspnbishu'ak ^efeployfetat- is--W
Igofe preyifromitheriSSl
Thsy;,are ijfSy, Gunning ift ttndernyBihg ailfifedpifbfdj.-^b'fr^';'We'j^
help 'th^mlelves.y.epyfjiobfy^ c
|t h|p|;f||edi of thefe that a ©oupei#as-’ fbanil
q^M^iaijflp- Mri^oajtdjiphb^poiKeived hiss fubtertaftfiouS ‘ Work/
watched him nanowly, and as loon as his head c^xuefdfthy: before
the^pdy <could, be got out, abutted him, and. gave fuch- hdm^
pul^e?, th?fti;he(liaid:*him: idead in:the t^ravu l®fi his,!o#tt' makMg.
vyorq the,meek *£-: yi>>
be. lo.
:l;i5rE,GoT.i -:X;o c
t ’Fdxe's^ill^d Ridw,:’'^r^fomdf
?red^hd^black' J the; lkft, afb-tTne" fierceftt
and their ftihs^ihbft «valuable: lothe %f thS ^’wfeicn l^va
two black ftrokes acrols_their backs, fell alfo afago^qprice*’.
sf’^tK^f' * jstbpetti& lT' rfee^ nQtv here
deferife; tfbr’tnrO“ the: whole1 c I intend tc£ treat Iafgely lipon thofe
creatures'Oftly^Vhieh' ard peculiar td'thiS1 country,aq!d taiftiqC^ ,feora'
thofe of Denhiark, and rhoft;'dtfle.r"places j! hevertheleiG, as thera
are certain general things, known myihc^emflffi^s3 or examples
in one couhtry than another, I* ilhajl fe §tr take even thefe into •
COnlideration. '■
' And here'! muff obfeibe:, that the NorCbgian farmer Can refate.Cwmng
moft ftories' bf * the; lagacity; andnfcfening for which!the.-Fex, in
all»1 couritriesy ;iis’ famoh'S y w , that.'-if1 wbj ivith ‘ certain* .phi
phefs, would judge all cteafuiesj lJn'6^Withftandirig theijr feveral
degrees of- fetife,- or;What a!ppe&!rS in feme degree of itefle£fiqh, to be
machines, this woilld hold prdbable leafl: of all of1 fhe’F q ^ lbma.
of the before'related ftbries- qrthe Bear fhew .alio the folly of fuch
a:philblophy f .r'<v-
* From:Befgeh-'ireei^^tédOTrt|®y''^®qFó^ès;,lkihs,!;Biorelcy:
Mëlics phuófd|mai4,illir viuenfflsfqlif;^idpejn aliqiiani^brutis;,tiibuupt. Certe,’
nulló negötio, eorpm yarOTürn ^ »ilwuwnis»®pp4#!ratlQMrhrfiIfeïit> ;vj:oj Gleri-
cuS.Phyf,"l,' iv./capi’ ^ii. ‘It, rriav'Sof bé ill'applïediiére.tajd^
Heumann, ill A<5t, Philpf! Tom. "fviii^Ri! .pumbers. of’f9^1s!pnder7gpld, ■ filver
aod cóppër. !1
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