have one of thefe m my coIle£tian ; it has .aAfoUgh'oéfs jon me
head;: fomethirig like a- file, with which| Come:cpe®ple •;arfe, f -fo'
fiinple ds ’to imagine, that tó f little dimiputiv&.cjreature ean.- per- :
form theéxtraord inary operation mentioned; above.
TheI learned jefuit .Ghfp.Schottusi. in his Thyfiea,i;Cu;riofaj3
cap..xivhhaS thoroughly examined intothe; nature:and :probaf.;
bility of ' this account; and has; confuted th&L learned . Kircher
entirely in this point. • Among other rè^fona that are giM§P.ifofi<&:
ftiip’sqbeing flopt In her courfe; in)the%middle jöf'itherifea, thöil
under< full;fail witha good, wind, which Is. an undeniable 3Mi
reckons the !ctaiflux: iof rivdratfrorU feveral: pl»c#s>IJrrviggligg jtog€?ri
ther to be. ohfe cable, . iThis jopinion;ha.s,tfow^ prohabi^t^clj aqd,
that ftrarigereffe&.-i&lreaily rowing to-tó b Cfifcfe A
but be it ;aS it-will, 1 am apt-to think thatfthefRprsTTrqbl,
Soe-Drajvi, % mtich talked of by the fadars,-,and which they?
rebkoa aii fevil fpirit, can be n^othetithan; tb©> Kiakenb^hich*
accbtdin^ to-tbei defcription.givën j abovevilèein^ife Majable -psi$M
its arnis, or horns, to bring aboutthis; frrange; effect* .i; .Hehc©i
perhaps, it is called, ainong inhny otbef names, *-
Anker-Trold j tho’] I do not . in : the fpaft inftft upon this,-«^
jedture being true,. but: willingly/; fobm-tit my
this, and every other dubious matter,,-tb the -judgmdn^
that are better experienced. Ifi.Ij.W&s Un• admirq£;>b£:irir??6rtfÜU
reports, and fabulous (lories, I ‘might:her® .addvlPMlh mprpafèQSs
cerniflg this and other Norvegiahi
will nöt take upon:me tordepy-iJL-feftfi^Q-bPt
of uncertain relations^ tb make fuch accounts appeardqupffubf a§
I myfelf believe to be true and well attefted. I .lhall § therè>
fore quit the fubje<ft here, nnd.:
plan, - to complete what I bavei impprfei^ly) fketched qu^, by
further,experience,1 whichriaialwaysythp beft, inftrjidtpr^ t
C H A P -
s p H A . P . f IX. É
,i Containing an account o f the 'Norv^g^rh^tmri.
SEC^._I.:''5Tfe ancient l inhdMiant'e iof. xNorwny,-L the CelüVS&thimt.Sy w rêdriyiin
cyffyf ty;?li^ y0c o n $ r $ e d ' t f p e j r mixing-, w
,.,l^e^rfi^es-wiih v.^pims ^irapean notons -, tfair.expeditions tqoether- countries,
■ . even to jdmertca, 'befo ie if was dijcmdered hy the Spaniards. 5Sec ts‘ÎO.l Va-
> rid&j^emgeèeidnièseàtMîn-, IV. “The
? -fiâttiré,fifenph^ an d e’tÀiphxiokWf W k i N ô r p B l ^ i â 0 £ & ITfceirgeHitip -
i-ahd’. pèxpetitnefsi in various kinds o f xonki. ants, and bodily exercifes:
oi§ff ?'TvYL,if^fefe cdP ^dP\'é°TP^rdiPS& dpdljm pztpeii^pf, p f *he wind.
VIL aM qualities- e f their mindSxt^iFycemplni/ânce} fd d ity . find v&-
\'lour,.~ which mâkés^ them ‘ 'qüarrémme oj late years ^3 ijk tï àhwition ïmâ
- hofpitalïtp-to S e c^t. VIIIÂ €lrèdt-è^tbdt 'âfâ'qjpiBêni'-Rvè' tQ
p ^ H p l !:(uehta0^i^J& i l m È Ê S 'î^ fâré‘fit^e&i. Ü
t ;:' i : - {
A S I baye hitherto endtmvoured tp:4eicribe the natural datefm ii*abi-
;3qf f Nomay, - the climate,: the arrimais, ■ as quadrupèdes; ^ we«0'"
hhd§. and : fifties, which! aire péeulkr to it, I fliould now. be glâdte.Scjr*
to- lay down my pen, having : in a mariner fulfilled my promrfe^
n9î is it coxwenient, in my prefent eireumftandes, t<? proceed .àny ;
father 5 . for it was my intention at the beginning to .ftopiiàti;
I did npt;dMafe;it nebdflary, ' in a natural ;hiftory, ifo finest of the
inhabitants o f: Norway, dibir genius, : edfoms, fee. foiitvas; thefe
particulars may not be faid to exceed ite: hounds of ;a .natural hif,
toryf and fomê readers ipay be of npinion,. that.an hhlorian who
would, give hhhfelf the; trouble, to deferibe inanimate and in e
tlonal' beiilgs, in any particular country, 'ought riot entirely, to
omit the nobleft works of God ; I mean the rational inhabitants: of
it, their qualities,, nature, genius, manners, &c. I foall therefore
give a ihort foetch of thefe, and leave it for otherssto enlarge op
th e fubjeà, and ço rx eÛ the faults I may commit. 'However,I
hope I foall be the more impartial,, as l am not a. native of Norway
myfelf,
■ Th? origin of the Norwegian nation is a fubjeft that I did not?
purpofe to' treat of, I fhall extraâ: what I have to. Jay on this fohje<
a from Snoro, ■ Sturleren,. Thormodus, Torfæus, and Jonas
Ramus, who give as full an account as can be expeded in a
Part II. t 1i 1i matter