m N I T t t m x . H J & T O K
tthb^e£©k-e it BdeTbr ftdfft
virater fakes; :butf© <sfefe JC& ithe^atei-l rSH
themfelves down into t hei r proper element ffcdi'a the-iieft*1 W^feb%t
,tKe help .of;-their legs* , Though ?they'4 ive by frefh ^vate'r-^ fti-ll
.they, fly to the lea alfo, to leek for food. There, as well as in
.the former place, they- live upon all ;kind';.o£ ‘•firii<jfi-lb,%^ihs;
.and.inle&s, .which f.thejriieelt: for-by ducking -tyyelye^Sdr ^§ihen
fathom deepiulthe whlefic iTbe! hep' lays two- dark brewnfSe^^is^
andfits alternately with her mate to hatch theim THih iplbfie
,in four weeks^ and i£l the water riles fo high that4t*g^tsfrntd^he
jneft, (oiie hr ..other: ft ill- ’continues .fitting on themi Wheri^thii
Bird isiin ia Ipottitehumour it makeiia frigtetfal ugly hblfi^ ji f t
like, the cricsof a haman creatuffe'in imminent danger^ arid calling
%relief. It, makes* another «very different noile, which is a lignal
to the farmers for fine weather, after a'3great ideal 'T&ft tftet-^nd
ftbrm^ iealcttil .• | at; the&qtimes ,$jey -aredeeh,rt<S*dy£up pretty high
ever theirmeft.: TheXumriie8s:>i]sin is diA-vyn>k)ffitwith'd^Hi;aih'd
allj and is ufed to linereapsTwith, apdr rsi reckoned better than
Iwan-ftins. ’ After this iwas wrote, there - was:. publMheda, Work,
Wcgnmi' Epiftolae; in the lecond part of which there is
found, lub N°. DCCCCLIX..; p; i o 21. * a defter. to hihi lldiii^ Ab*
folon Ghriftophorusys treating ^articutelyhfeih^^tt^g^nffiirsi.;
from yshich I lhall ^uote the moft impd^^tipaTt^ofc’tyfef^is feid
thereon, to illuftrate and confirmfurthenwhat) hasftbeen delifCited
hem- . Goplultisfitaque Jflandis interpretibus, geminas vocis Loom
fignilicationes, alta jam a mul tis arinis oblivi one in": Nory&gih te’b-
rutas ac lepu 1 tas didici. : Ai unttenim voce hac fcanxiam ^Ci^ufque
re; curam, fummam infuper callidkatem. ’’denbtari! Quod
utrumque nomen huic avi peperille Itanto»Certe dredider-kn faci-
lius, quanto plura -&’tr^ora.utkiulqiie nobis "pfasbeat^arganieftta;'
Hujus quidem, dum ipediim :4d iincelfum ufu deftituta, nid um
adep. prppe aquam fibi ftruit, ut ex eo in vicinamaquam:le!devol-
vat facillime demittatque rurfumque nidiim petit uraji infixo terrse
roftro, tjuod aduncum habet,-imolem corporis,fublevet, defeHl'urn-
que ita pedum utcunque fuppleat. ... Illius etiam-non Iperheada
lent documenta: quam:enim fit pro nido atque: pullis furs anxia
$C follicita, exemplo’eritj quod quoties largiores imbres praelen-
tifcat, toties, ne torrentium repentino confluvio intumelceos ftag-
num, alluviojiefua nidum inveftefque, pullos inundet ac fuffocet,
metuit, huncque metum querula lemper voce atque ejulatu tefta-
tur. Contra verti, cum futuram coeli lerenitatem & iclementiam
pr^fagierit, laetis quafi acclamationibus fib.i atque pullis rais gra-
tulatur. Atque ex diverla colymbi noftri vociferatione, ruftici
noftrates,
N A T mm A b H I S T o R Y hf N O R W A T. 85
noftrates^- diverfas. caslii^^er,ifque rn^tatiane^ augarantufiV;, Quandq
enim'feturqs,nimbos querulojfuQ*,-;!)^^ huiy .huqj,prse^ieit, dieunt
vtulgo|t>; Dseiverte Bseteraff, di Loomjiv qui^ fag. j E diverfo, cum
fej^iyilatis-fuo, Karlo% p^8pconem,agit ai^nj^ruftici: Bi fser braat
Turre five Torre^ dfc'Loomin, roopsfflTurkeraff.- Sic enim pjfcate^s
eju^vocem semulaptur, propterea egapd voce hae fudpm illis, apris
qualitatem, pafieribus marmis. eorp§iquefegmgntjsvfQ^le^pqnen«'
di^ficcandifque0aptam ^atam, policetur: id quod etiam Turkeroff
Nqfvegis fqijat»,... Ovai.p.onG^fingUlis an,ni.s>;tqrna-jiyel quat,erqa
parit; magnitudineianfe^inis pffijje .paria,^colorifqup,, fere prafinij
fe4 mactdis quibnlaam fpatfa^atqtte pi£la. T &rna ,qpi4em commit*
nitet parit j quartqtr^j^ro^^fi^ununa,^! fur’reptjjni fueMt, nunc^iiSLm
addit. Caufam hujusfteijparii nqmeri (cum duos? tantum ;texcludat
phflosj, adfepht hanse^quqd unpm. ^uotaniiis^qvunsi, tri;buti; aut
decimas quafi nomine, ^lefciojcui, -in nido reljnque$e;debeat. ;iquod
cum plutimis aliis.uyibps ipfi comnmne efie ‘ reeeptillinj^iih vuf
gum fertppmiof Elfe^aiqfeihi'nanci,ayem ex' earurd ‘numferoyqtias,
ftatis anni vicib|fs<; in Joca^calidiora .abeunt, exquefis ad nos? re^
deuht, documento^efie, .potefi ejq|.nqn,, fibi 1 fob adullfm prope
ver a i nos ap^ulfus, ;cui., rei(;fidem adllrui,t inVef&ratai.peijitgs fim-
plicium aniinis fuperllitio. •, Creditum.j&nim-. eft(pl4‘becnlai|4fi’/quis,
jejunus npnciam *red]tus ejus^ypcem iprinlum auribus haufetit^.eum^
iritra illius revolutionem anni, quodam propmquQrurri^qogn&ta-
rumve privandum eflp.,» ^Qpas^ itidem de Cuculo jildiigum tenuit
fuperlljtio. Ulteriusf moduS, quq . apud ^^gq%Iflahdiofqnfe ,ca-
piatur, nobis oftendendugi Apud Notvegos ;,quidetn 'fatis- tthtrim
ipfi eft hofpitium, quippe qm, illius carnem afpernantut,s rati infuper
nefas elTe (de ilolido hoc yulgp intelligendum), avfem,
olim fan£fam,habitam, 'violate ;,<faniqres 4tamen' emunftaeque’ ’nark
homines, vel fclqpis, ,(qupd tamen raroifucceffu, fieri fupra monui),
cap p@tun% vel retibus pifcatoriis forte inyplutamh- cafu hiagis^.
quam ex inftituto capiunt. Illandi autem, prseter 'modp;; cli(kos
modes, gemino earn aftu circumveniunt. Vel eni-m binos ad ip-
fuin nidi aditum pa|os hpmi.defigunti quibus.intermedium.<,qjaeh4
dam laqueum ita aptant, ut petitura nidum _ avis laqueo bolluru
i^ferat> inque certamven'atoribus p^sedam.’cedat: vel ftagnum' aiX
guftiore ’fui parte, linea pif<^tpiia; tranfmiftuhtk^lyy^ extremal
duo venatores, ad fuum quifque . ftagni.lat.us tenent, illaque.> fummam
aqua fuperficiem leviter flringentes; avem pranatanfem pet
detentim infequuntur, qua infidias elufura,- crebris,.urinationibus
profundum petit, fed eifdem,, magis adhuc impeditur fequqii in ^
volvit. Ilk enim fefub aqqi^occultante, eo' teSta pifeatores-, la-,
queum umbilico linea" .alligatum dirigunt, qyo haurren’di aeris
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