Badger.
Porcupine, 01
Hedgehog :
theZ>i2»^> dictionary
call s .
this a Hedgehog
as well as
a Porcupine.
Mole;
Hats.
N A T W R A L Ü i S T Ö R Ÿ of N 0 R W A Y<
(tried, and'has allured me of -the truth. The only thing iihat
|s ufeful .in rthb Otter is fein : thisfls covered with thisk g fand
ihort hair, and keeps outrwater *.
-S E C T . XVII.
The Badger, Breek orfGreving, which is alio called here SvsKn
•Sok, i-s like a imall -hog.» with long black or grey hair, andjfhort
and crooked legs : he undermines the ground, and Jives omhiice,
iiiakes and iafc&s. 'The’Badger’s haste is had, and his teeth are
.very {harp • where he fixes them he does not loofe His (hold, till
he hears the bone icrack betwixt his teeth. The penis df the
Badger is, like the &a calf’s, a hard bone. His enemy the fox,
•who >is too laay to dig himfelf a hole, feizes the Badgerrs when
he âs oat, and fills it with filch a fireneh, that the ©rader «v er
cares &>r it afterwards *!:.
S E C T. XVIII.
The Porcupine, Pindfwiin,' which ts called by many Buffte-
dyvel, is lufficiently known yVhat I have to obfefve concerning
this creature is only this, that he conveys himfelf often intotthe
Bear’s holes ; and, with his numerous prickles, as fo troublefome
to his rough heft, who cannot any way revenge himfelf onthe
impertinent gueffij that he is obliged to do as the badger does to
the fox, quit his lodging.
The Mole, Muldvarpen, whofe proper MorVêgito Name is
Vend, is found in the eaft parts, but very fiequerffily elfe#hdee :
as far as I have been able to find out,' ’ tis in a manner unknown
in this quarter ; probably our rocky ground dofes not fuit this
famous miner. He fives- upon worms and irffeâs during Summer,
and in the Winter they eat nothing ; but, like the porcupine and
bear, lie in a ftale of inferafibifity, in a trance, or a kiridf^f
flamber.
S E C T. XIX.
The Rat, Rotter ; of thefe we have lèverai kinds, particularly.
Foreft or Wood, and Water-Rats; thefe are hot loiiger-
liv’d ia Nord than Helgeland, where they loon die, if brought
* For feveralyears lately Otters’fHnsKave been wanted, in Holland and Germany,
more than ever}, according to our merchants accounts,' who export from .hence
annually feveral thoufands.
f Nature has wonderfully provided thefe creatures with a fuclcing-hole, under their
body, betwixt their hiitd-legs, into which sthey, in Winter, :run their fharp Ihout up to
their.eyes, and receive nourilhment there, .as the bears.clodiroin -theirpaws. Hans Frid.
Flemming German'Huntfman, p. iig.
there
• N > T # £ & T O R Whî'ÉORWA-Ÿ. m
there b y fhips'frotn otHèr pfê&s. This* J: L. Wolff juftly obfervès
infiis Nofrigiallluftr. p. 9 4 ; and abundant teftimohyeoiffirrns it.
i f - theÿJive to the follo\$hïg fpring, jtf -fe long ; and when the
herbs begin to grew« up,vWe. lee theny no more. Hardangejtv in
thisdioeelè, ‘doés':’nët prc^ùJë,dhof will fuppëit', açy rifts' ; kndfin
1 he1 diQcefe o f Ag^erfhcm's'we ‘M te ’febfeiyedy fhat on t^é'Tpiitfl
fid'e^efe Vbrmen, a'fKigJé’ fivetf’ which coîftés'froin Mios, there jars'
found” eats,1 as -in ' other places; tm t i f rfhey are brphght a'CrBfe the
liver they w o ift’Eveft this His bftëh1 bèert; done,* by. trânlpdrtlng
them, with the càrh* froin1 tHèJMàgâzinècto the C a ftle o f Vingeçs ^
infeyhioh ‘placé ft he rats have fion after "been, found *de.ad‘ : 1 and' they ^
a’fi- never-fe'en* aliveMh thofe7fiérdl;<êi. e.’ from, Odal and:',Soll<fer'
qiiité to Ofterdalen ; ' the éarth, in thefe places,* Hcmbflefs' haÿ
feme thing-mineral -inJtft frorii whence exhalations rife^ that a'fè“
unfupportable to thofe créatures
j The'-Moufey _Mü u Je ' Jhis; dit tie créa t u.ré we Eaft & ; â i ' ’ wfell! V' _kce.
ra aCeqiding;?|*jidy Glads * Wcyiftltfe Is t .
aCCpUh't,1 ftfe! pôifotfeuè ; deftrôyi'ng, * lôr ‘greatly'‘h ü raiîg 1 other
creâÉuresfbyL’%hfelr bite.: th éfeare found alio albng the water-
J WÊ liÊ^ï^irflcalajt0^ :- ;1 p f 'ïdicéy'1 whifë, ; With ru^èr
foUnd in the little- trading tbwn^of Molle'in Romfdalèn ; b u t We4
don’ t know-ébat it fls -their.-native, placé.; Jtik; mofè probable they
xhay hâve bèëfi brought thither b y accident.; an Eëft-India Ihip
opinion ,of Hr.
Jem.RaiWuS^ • ifrhâ5T0f p . ' . ’i'^a*: -K ismpi^'^s Jh'di^et
pkees, a coiiimorf-feying, that juft befote a Ihip is going .to hé loft,
of4 a be burnt,' all the rats and mice w ill quit theJ
faméi; aâd it fis ’ related here in Bergen? thatfjuft before the gfreat
COhlkigrStioh,0l a - the'
c#ttuineâ-thè greàteft pâftxcf this'hltyj’ me râts ahd'micé uhiver-:
fally werefeeù to. leave the houfes., and' retirépartjô thé vvater, and*
part, iff fh’oals ; -to march over the rocks at Sapdvigen, to tHe adjbin-
itigsHâmmé'fÿ village; ‘to fheannoyknce'of'.Jne'fafimfetsp- i Suppofitk\
to hâvë a' fiifflèïënttàéçdriù't’tS*’1 reafeti'
given nie *fer this by our modern philofephe'fs. Who .Will' not*
believe or receive any thing' for a truth, except it can be demon-:
ftràted eit'.d.exu- ‘'caufernm ; \this; I apprehend-, in fuen events,
tho’ -the v cfèatmès;“Wp>
know, aid prélioufly fehliblep thiris;- Whèh thëy have'a feeling
ip their bodies, of ^ç^enfuing.change of air ; or can denote before-
^^'frpr^taini.creS&res Jwft.
Nat. Jjib. iX.')rap.W‘jlui" ' .
if P a r t . IL I hand