, The Swedish archbifhop, Ö1. Magnus, Hift. life/rXviii'-e!.1 39,
40. fays of the Fox,. All that andmwch more have' ’wê'ihë»?d: 'or'
feen of pur pwn^obfervationj; riaoré Arrange ch’iftgs. Mvé bem related
to ,me than all:authors] h^ve writtën.
^Vyhpdhe wants to get, rid of his fleas withffa'Pdi'te'P^ö&i he
takes a bunch of mois or flrraw. in hi$i;mc>utb, and3 goes back-
Wards into the : water; wading bynflow .fteps'idëëpèrSririd delé^r;;
by wädßh means the flâas maWtioeéy'ânid4 ân'rëfif© ^ïàdîiMly-tb
^feeidry pfeaçeS'j at laft to the parti of the .neek;,mdi;hfe^'%l%h
hë alone keeps above water; and to cfpfefi the Wd^, 'Më ^tHérs
ail his epemies into the hefbre^faid bunch of flrraW^ afed;t t ^ dMps
them in the water, and runs away well w&fhed -arid ;; cleaned.
This prpje<T. is ib cunning, that, mankind t'tioiald^;iS0t' 'teach him
better.
His long hairy tail, with which 'öatam-'-liakai&fcfupply ’d him
in vaiq, he ufesin Norway, ;amongft dtbisr pa'rpofes!, iSîfi catch
ciabsi g They are fond of any thing! hairy,. aftdRgdriefaiiy^ilblay-
hold of it j by which means he draws them aflioféiM*’
* When he fees the otter is; out dn ffifhing, he hides himfelf
behind a flrone, and when the other comes afhqiie to-pat his, prey,
he cô'mçs upon him by a quick and high leap, that the ptmr,
who other wife fears not the Fox, is ftartled, and leaves him the
booty.
A certain perfen was furprized on fceingaTox,;pear a fiflier-
maft’s Houfê, laying a pàrcel of torlks, or cods heads, -all in a
row,' and could not conceive what he was going to do, till he
ÉW that he hid himfelf behind them, and made a,booty of the
firft crow that came for a bit of them.
S E e T; XI.
Jerven, or Erven, ia;one of the beafts; in, Norway which few
other countries know farther than,by report. In feme places, particularly
Fronhiepifkje, where they are ny>ft frequent,-they , are called
£o!a y -but; tHep common name Jerv,, or jGiety,; is given them
Senfu nativo, per exce|j(entiam f from,ihejr vjplent, greedy, and
vorâdôüs difpqfitioia, The Germans have given this creature
alfo the name of Vielfrafs, or Great Eater ; and feme in Latin
Gülo f . Its fize and fhape is fbmething like a long-bodied' dog,
^•When thgShe-Fox isjpuîfued by 4 ogs, ,and djay ,cocpe .pjretty near, b«rv fhe
p ig s on hér a^, mjd wiflcs It in their eyes,1 which, makes them unart. » and then fee
efcapes.. Hans Finds Flemming German Huntfinan^^p.,.
f The Glutton, a creature of the.weafel kind. , ’Ijhe Gulo of authors. ; the Muftela
rufo-fofea-medio dorfa nigro/ I r is' a wild notion that the people, here in general; have
conceived*5 wHi«i is;-tKàtJervèrfïs the"Bear’s third cvib'; though fhe brings b'itt fekloin
K-.ATÜ R A L ’HÏB T Ô R Y oi 'NO RtVM f.
With thick logs, very fhprp, claws, ,^nd teeth j -and he has thé
boldnefs to; attack everything he’canponxbïy conquer among other
creatatésv Shffiêlblfejfèythsi ’Ife é a f fii that
he is icestrâdiâed^by Hr.'Pi lïögfeëin,1 iri - hid TJéfcciptlôti of
Lapmarck, :p. j ; He is black, vririëgated With btoWft'
arid yellowifCh ftreaks : Ms^ttîà fMhfes like daa&ia&l it is cövèrb^
with foft haky aö&P'tvify (jfi€t£óti^!r:feid-il MrèlFifôfth thé huntfë
man’s tvhïlë tö;klllf:tlföm ;Mthhdt'firing, thè -ftiiïj
thé’ ’ diffiealej: ttóyfRêó-t hiffi;!#îïh â-bèw dhd ’Mlmt #bbdéfl
arrows, that tbé-lkin, Which is ^m&iy'fhiflg thât i i ‘ valuable,
may riot be 'ëüt; u>IThe bèftp^pc^tbifit^ of^éatùhihgLîm/ is when
he, accordin g to his cuftom gorged, preffes rind -{qucfeMès
hiéifelf; bëtv^éeh tfWo J‘trièëà1 which1 ftrind riëaf togëthèr. By this
praftólcé'hé* èàfes and exoneràtes hii ftôtatàfeh, vsthrch has riot time
to digefr'Whât he hëS fe -Voirariiotifly bralteftfedi
î f thismrëàtümflnds a eriréâfe fix- tirifes as big?d f bimfelfi, he
does' not leave off éating ^ lóng ‘as 'thërêris- a mbuïhfùl left ; Ré
muft’ therefore be-tormented with fuch an infetiable hunger/ thâti
évew'-a cramm’d belly doè^ot abate it : and for this reafen he is
obliged to eafe himfelf by fne’âmfice I have mentioned,
f! f Berhrips^ h© ià-crèated felr à moral pf&urfc,- or! rin emblem of poofe
people, of whofti thé Apoftle fays, That their belly is theiÿ
God*.
; s e c t . x ii.
• fHaaren, ivhfdhîâ alfo hunted Oft acdànrtt ôf It’à fkifl,' is like a Maar-
gteat browftl foreft-cat. ■ The head or friou't is rather fharper, and!
morfe pointed ; under if^s belly it i^ of a'ldarfc butfhiniftg yellow,
wjith, 3;-&éfjglorfe;., but; thofe whidi have.this in perfection are
fcatep: theiri bite is bad, mid they finell very difâgreeably ; they
hide theriafelves in hollow trees, and fubfift by catching wild
niiçé or birds ; after which Iaf¥ they’U jump from one branch of
thè tree1 to àjiothér. There are two forts of them; the Efpe
Maar,, which is the biggeft, and of the lighteft colour; and the
Birkei Maar, finalleft and darkeft ; this is the fearceft.
* .’A .friend* ,óf~ rt>inè,-a man qf-probity, has afFured trie from ocular derööttftration;
that whentthe jerven îsitatèhsd aKvè^vtmch fél^om happens) and is chained to a rftoné
wall^ his hunger!dôe^ -'nfet^déCliBe the ffionfes and niortar ; But that he*H eat himfelf info'
the Wall. He is. &' gre&dyc But' by nOftmear|s a"nfee creature ; he .eats; all that He
càn get.
-s' The Marten, a*crcaturê alföofthè wehfeTRxnd. The Martes of authors ; called
alfo Ffeyna : and by1 Linnæus, MufeeM fulvo nigricans gula pallida^
S E C T . XIII.