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Squirrel.
Ermin.
N A T U R A L H 1 S T 0 RY-of N 0 R W A Y.
^\$;.E C T. XIII.,;
... Eger^etj the Squirrelj’called here alfo', Ikhoïn. This-1is a
wei It known 'Weamre;: it feeds chiefly, on hazle-püts, and either
dry fruits, which it; ^gathers in large- quantities. duringSnmmer,
for thqbWinter iprpyifian.i \ cThi§ little feature, is grey,[ajid’its
Weilrknown ■ jS#fjJ jQraa Werck, is, mü^h- valued by ,-ithe
ladies %f They.are £hot with blunt arrows, and ; are eatch’daUb
this manner: they raifqj.a poleagainft a
tree, which thq Squirrel readily runs;. ftp, without regarding. the
trap,,ait the end, as;.ftbas a bird,’*..b^d,;; jfltTomsddflg:®£ that
kind, for*aWi,r; §ome have tym* fa cat$b ; diem4 JsyQaca
chip, or piece,of wood, they’ll ; fail crofs .a fmall w'ater. on this
expedition, and] ijnake pf j their tail for a fail $• and'With one
foot they’ll paddle; .apd foeer -themfelyes^ with the, oth'ér;; [and
thus tfiey, efcapeTfppaetimes thofo that, wait afhore for their landing,
aiKl.find themfelvfs roiftaken, by ,thinking they.mull come with
the wind f .
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g ||;Hermelin Ermin,. called here Roefe Uat, bécauierjt hi^e&. itfelf
in the .cracks of ..rocks,;,and among • heaps of hones. S.om@: are
ó f Opinion'it is the fame which Pliny calls Ponticus Mus /and I am
under fbme doubt whether'i,t is differentin Kind from the Danifh
weafel; the fhape and*fizé miy bé known,from its wellrknQ|vn
.grecipus: white skip, which .has n black fpot on , .the tail ■ -this fur
is pow bêeome commoner than in former times; for now in
Bergen th.ere isTc^rcely a woman hut has;a cloak ornamented,
% In' ChrófriCtt'Noif»ëg^có,rp.^f'£4.-r Efaf aldutri 'Ërici 'ré'^èmr Gïaafèll; a, éelnbds ip©
grifeis cog^foeö^tjqjiöë' dieitur, èjbqd.yeftgm^füamr -pslljbusi f{*mt4mi;gëfere
cepêrit. ’ Ö. Sperlifig ip nptis. ad 'Keyin'.’ Abfolon. p; 115. ,It9:fta9.ds,Jn,i.me i|jöei
plate thsS^nvenflfyHH jsïdünd'a fort of ‘Black, Egerne, öf öquifrelsitwLcft isiniro-
4qce4 jn Enfex?:3rnjs.. ,. t .
Rufija there i|.p particular fort of fquirrel, that has fuch wide Ikins at their fides,
thaf,‘by dieÉel^oCmenV.Aeyllyjthrpu^i tne air rrom trfeéiq tree, ufingthem askings,-
J ,k . (for\rEraóS’-tos'pbb1i(Reaïqmé'i/Snatëfiii&lÖbler^^lidhs rêfatarïg nteHkd { thejr‘!a're
to be found in CammenKy^pLcadénii Petropölit&pae, TdJS* ,M< pf-:?.!?* .pndet thi^side :
De Quadrupede Volatih Ruflise. And more is to- be found in, tfiS Englijm tey^>S?*ily’s
Tom. xxxviii. Art.-,w.' I Jpiftji tha&.nHmtiis.mMftne
But a Jqngjüma, ..pr. leap,..which .isjielped tjy, the Iqng andlight tail, as well as she
long fomf ;an«w<*w> Ikfos; pn tBe/jC^ahu t,IJh^yp^pt^beep, aflqred that rthis. foft; isiAative
qfj Norway!} .^öjpugb £y,,Car. Lmpreuslsj words,; it is;toj bq prefuiwdj whto has found
them in -Lapland. Sciurus hypochondriis prolixis volkans habitat tn Finlandja &
Lapppnla,. ^Fauna sSueeica,,-.p. Sjfc> ^hc- pomepon iptt; pf;;SqjibrelS; areilbund' here
fh large quantities, .and the fjefli. is not defoifed.bjr tke-iarmers in-Valders: ïte'lóofca
whit4 they-make foup of It, ind hy^tKat tne meat is hot.bad,tilted.
|| The Ermin is of the weafel kind •, and indeed fcarce differs at all from ths corntnon
w^felj éxcègt in colour. - ft is called Hermellanus and Jkmprieus ty authors.
; >1 3 « P. ' . ‘ , faced,
■ NAÎi fR A L H I S T 0 RT ; vïjNORWA f.
faced, and many thoroughly line thêm with it. The Norway,
ermin keeps its colour* ^better ttlmi &ny ; ' if does not grow fo
yeljpw'as’ the Mlif6oy-y,}-jfor ^IdGh.-leafpntitjis preferred- -evenait
Petershurg-h. When k*ûg Chriftiaa I. made hls pilgtima§^ t0
Rome, he had a mibd'tP th|;^ope a hmdfpme prefent of
the groduçe^ofî lÿs.^^lintry ; .amoh^l which .were feypral Ermin
skins, very excellent. ‘
■ . - Ermi-ns -ran after' -hte -^S ■>. fh'eÿ ^ drag awa-y-1 what^fejifty '(
catch, -pa«ti6akriy:iB|ffffiT* for tljif
reafon, it i& ’he/gnfn%;4n calm weatther* ; to fee the Er-mins :a}png
the fhore^, fwimming* tpfthe fnaall âilapdf, where the waterrfpwls
eggs are fpundimigt^^ i®âo|^É«Sô ,1- a
certain troth» hy.thofe W&P'fy
theif young pa ,any \V£ 4-hefc: ifland% they’fi hring thêta
toythe Dontinent .<m •a piecff^f/ch^'|§rj^ttl|ifbit ^ woods the
mother fwimming behind., and with Ipufhing it bmfe
wards flnd forwards, to get it along. fSo 'fmall ,as‘ this -creature
fsy it Jis mpa*hle^ fOT^Kn^fW idfltroy -fhe lniig^ih^%as the -^Ife
pr »bear. It draes if ifl this-maimer.!? when thf»pr|a^fê:is aö-eep
the Ermin will creep into his ear, ,aircl $ay hold with h^jfharp,
teethifo wery fall, that he can’t flip j upon which, the htfge?'Animal
begins to -run about, and; roar^ tflJL -he has exhaufled -him-
felf : > at length, being wearied out, he bepdm.es faint, drops, l]aa"
gififhe^. and -dies. ;rTa ithe' fimè-mmner heÿ, Real
a üeepiiig/Orn) Eagle and Tiyr Iingl, and will fet this bird fly
awA.y ^ida him uppa its back ; but he conthnies gnawing, till, by
the great effufio'n of, blood, the bird dr°Ps down dead an the
ground. They are fhot w-ith blunt arrows, andefateb’d m traps,
orif ife betwixt tv^o. -flat, R^nes^; tone ^of which fe 'fot lttp with *!■
pin, but drops when tbte thread is pull’d, to whida the baft is
ijiftened, and |g,f|Ujeexes him dead ^
It fs Êud^iiat this .h|-fo-^ea|dy''ai^:-m^^u^it$., white
hair, that he would rather go throogh the %e than through fthf
leafl -mud and dirt. I queftion whether ;any hody has feen him
under the neceflfity to declare which he would do ; yet wherer
,ever he goes with his clearilkiefs, he flinks as bad as the polecat.
This is especially obfervable of the Ermins when they pair
themfelves," which pftçn bappens ; for both foxes am wery lafci-
vicnas. , .
* it 1 is -'faSS that kficS& ylt^^§<ia^ê^É^3â. teals tq'‘flight, makte' -ffle
i®wr»n .ftand iflilli .atKil^ferwards, an,long » jÜlaÉSj.îhéïfysRifeift.aboait,: hqfq *bd
there, bjit caamot get fer. .This» if is a SfSat tylxanttmt to
flmnk Wafm, is a pr^tfy‘certiih rem^y fikïiu
epilepfy, or falling ficknefs, efpecially if it be old. Relata refero.
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