$ 4 H A T L R A L H I S T OR Y oï N O R W A T
C H A P T E R II.
!JrO£ 1 E R P E N T St-and I N S.,E 6 T '8*5 :>
S jfH N P f ; Général ohjervations an toe créatures, Which froperhbelong to apis
: ,claf. ISmCt . IF Serpents of the land. " Sects IIIWlSehfénh ^ tWwftérs.
^É£^-xsWi\y&!Sar'4s.y sfoods, Frogs, and. SnaiJsif 45e©$T Y. iG%â0àpf&ii
JPlow-wortnSf flow-warms land Centipes. ~ SscMefl^.ffhe Glt^er*W.or;m, and
Spider. iS w S L .y lL Small worms, which-fall in the fogs,- and hurtt[trees.
Se c t . V III. Others of a like kind, which ate thought 7to coniefdfwp with
fnow, and hurt the ground. '>SëctS> IX . Of^Gaterfillaksfliüniolf^es,
Gnats and Flies. : S&g* . jg . O f Wood-heesi BeetJesj and A n t s . X I.
, Of InfeBs found jnyfhet water,. : and called, ffatef beçtfet -,') of^Bbatrfliéf,,
and Rèd-Sifmsi and ffippocdmpùs, or Sea-Borfef ÎSËctv X IIv Of fhe,GbO-.
cha Anatifera, which is erroneoufy taken to 'béfthi fr f7 fà te à f:a ceftain
kind of Geefe or Ducks.
S E C T. I.
; creep, and thole which have feme uft oL wihgs.
This article will be but Jhort for two reafons; 'firft, Beeaufe
teaft of thefe the cold northern parts are left fruitful of them than the .warmer
theNonh! countries, where thev earth and air are better adapted for, the
peculiar contexture 'of the* bodies of Snakes andTnfeeflT'and
fecondîÿ, I Write only what I know by experience j and I have
hitherto had but little opportunity of examining into theft matters
with neceflary care and circi^fpe&ion> elpecially as the tafte of this
ageis very delicate in théfe'particulars, from the extraordinary lights
of many,and.of Mr. de Reaumur, preferabletto moft, who has dift
covered things concerning them,, to the wonder and furprife of all
Europe. In the mean time I will not omit infer t ing the Natura
rerum, ft far“ as my imperfect knowledge and little experience
therein has been able to furnilh. I fhall obfcrve firft, that the terms,
Serpents and Infeéts are to be underftood in’ the extenfive fenfe,
which the before-mentioned Mr. de Reaumur explains in the following;
words,in his Mémoires pour ftrvir a l’hiftpire des Infectes. T. I.
P. I. p. fequ. Les anneaux dont le corps d’une infinite de petits
animaux eft compofe, les elpeces d’incifions qui fe trouvent a la
:. * Neverthelefs Infedts live longer in a cold air than in hot, according to John
Swammcrdaift’s .remarks in his Biblia Naturae, Clafs iii. p. 162, where he Ipeaks'thus :
“ Such influence hive cold and heat on that fmalj animal the Silk-worm, that tho’
heat is lifë.to it, and cold death, that is, it obftruéts all motion,- which is a Hate hf
death ÿ, yett ipappears from examples,‘ that even cold may preferve tMi.lttl'e animal’s
life longer, for their jîiiçes arid ipirits circulate flower, and don’t evaporate fo foon as
in immoderate heat.” Perhaps die faîne principle may be advanced of the-longevity
o f the Notvegians; . "
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jonâicin -de-defixanneaux, . leur .ont- aparemènfc foxfc "donner le -nom
id’fnfèâes, qui apjoufdfimLn’efi: pluareftrâînt'a'ceux qui ont de
pareilles ineifions - (^n n’hefite. pas a mettre une limace^ dans là
clafle ^es infeâes^s quoiqu’elle n’ait point d’anneaux diftinâs,
&c.——-Des qfi’un ;Hiftorieh a cq$feere..fe |>lume a la gloiredhm
peuple, il fe pafiionne, pouriluy, il voudrait trouver par tout des
traces de.fes conquêtes' &. de l’etendue de fe 'domiriation. Jet'ne
fçaÿ, ft des;di£ppfitiqifsjparéiires ne;me fbftt'.ipoiint trop recjilet les
1 1 1 1 la .dafle dpf.||îlfeÉSf^ I Je« luy,vasc^(dé;volontier^ïléus les
animaux, : que; Jours forriied ne nous permettent pas;.deplacer:dans
la clafiè de .quadrupèdes, ordinaires,'dans,celle des oifeaux &'dans
celle dp_s poifioôs.i ’ Lès..Voyageurs"qut'àuqs.parlent d’araignées '
aulp grofles que dés, .mQineaux,: exagèrent, peut etre< . Mais nous
,^yqgs;s^lp3pillôns -dont levol, I dontTetendue: des ailes*, furpafle
Lplîf|u|uè,des-; ^i|ea ide.^cett^iPî'pèilijtis c^feaùiÿftdHipfttfelnllefh*icrti;
ferait,pàstmein^che(lille, fi,on en-trouverait<de plufieurs pïeds de'
longueuir, VUn-.qfocodil ferait'.un furieux iAfeclé». Je.n’autois pourtant
auçuneppeine a luy4Jdoqner ce nom. . Tous-foslteptiles appar-'
a i l^clàjîhideil Jfa^pfis, |pemes? taijbn^YquaàleSï
vers de terre’ luy appartiennent. Les lézards, qui- maigre Jeurs
fi peù; lorfqu’ils'maichent, î'que
la plus^part^fejnbje -fainphr, font encore .une- dépendants, de la?
clalfe des Infectes, êÇç, ...
;.;|;ir.o T. 11/
.|^Conoephig Sôrp.&nÉs1, 'Toads' and other pdifoiiouis creaturés ^foerpen».
that kind, they are not found above Helgoland, in Nordland Eog-wj-
d|ryefx^h^te the tfemjJeyate,.ZQne en’ds, bjitfarther .doWn,-. in.tfie
d^qeçfe: ofoTf^nheim: afiTcpnfetjuently (not fefeJin the more fcutherii
proyinc^, , ^Their;hi|e in general is reckoned . ndt i iiear id! poifbnotas
asRthe Ifalià^jjrrAfricm'.fiiâkes. |
I Of. thefe;.Serpentii..Which andi
which wë call in Dariilh Snoge, J. Ramus faysy., p. 2 4 3 , there :
are:;feveral ' %fe*j'Viz.i,.’lblaokï-.ugt&jl, fifver-grpy, and.! white ;
and; a , f;eifairi kiqdj ^elilow, and.: tflxangular *. In many{ places)
the; peqplè are o f .; opinion that. Serpents have their .parti-;
cular hqldsf- and.-) ther^ gather themfelv'es jn great numbers^ fox;« .
a fhaall cbllreffîoiî.'bf iMoiiway .’pétrefài61â'6 hsV is have ï ' i:Sûàhéÿ6uflà;StlTonfbérg,' '
about as thick as a firtger,' and half an ell long,;} _crooke51,, pnd With one ;fide im^
prefs’d in,to a piece of ,pyrites ;* ' S x S û d ■# bright poppfer'colour,
wKiélà I.!iroe^ tB'the1 déluge;^ I nèver'fàw Si8|feM®ffiropHpbMy of this Snake; .for
it -is ; all, CQtei; fijld,- of ificfUs,'.; .and', pretty broad jneilipfe; K if with hollbw .aiinuli, or •
rings between ! dieTÎfîngiparts, partes, conyexæÿ, 'jwere quite''ffikfp.1
- Probably: thfs1 is, no' ,‘riiorè than ,a cpr'riu .aih'mônî'à ^^peffifaÊtion' of a Ihell-filh, not: .
a'Sëtpsnp j;