m jS m i f R'A L o ? 44- e iis ® ö | M i i $ g&MR
■ ftattöns ;: and. a dark a£j ayfaik cöfoylsfition
iffiJEbaiise -bf .’ItaJyjt': life fee fïl&ft ttóedldiMiaiïges, dïkrê'si
partridges, and moft óf- the Norwegianf ailiïkaky' from a daÜt of
Wë- ikv®ïïll^rfdl6Wing3o|j-
ïêr^aöod^ f^èermi^Afce;&iï ïeëtfiplgaööii 4>f die -;Mo^i^aïbi‘iift
dié. Hamburg’. MagaV.ine, -tom. I. p. 48.,: :“ .:;Faï!tlief fe^'üÉEè
atijuatoh the Mack- (foteür -dfo thSiirffeilkitaïit#^ X^adtf
thny kreilffiftigmtty. M&^n-rakdvfiijtfe • tïö|^c^|d^b^bij& iriveet'iMti
Oónp, that :are em^elyuwhïfoitifo we have gone" a great way 'felb
^te^epipérate kone,i>aÊöd:at>'tJïèiëk^tóMWöf3lfieÉ‘zbö(^#l#ë find
the» faneft Èómptóiètiaï' £ Thsr'Moiïdey ‘ of fftóéöxroiïf^lë^cSHSêf
the Danifh women, ftrikes the eye of the admiring- traveller,- and
he canfèareely believe that the female he now beholds, rkrid'thê
Afifoafi he l a t e l y ,+•*
JSf^fe. Linmeus, m fMsifitöh& :Sudcdeayi dbl^M^ïha^lhts'fttife-
them .people; have generally lighrgtéy,affer1''blue-eyes, aTWelLas
Mgbt^cpioumd hair, page*..;: cpfpdïè' pröeériötë-, ’fckyrilMs
albidis re^&^1ocMorum;irichbus;dSiferéo^ó£ertrfifó®ntahüpC!’ ’{rBtlt Éi.
ihe mean time, tho’ Johnlfaac Pontanus, jj in this. HiftjoDan?.! ?pag.
77‘7i makes it common :tó? $11 the people that-live:north>»0&-the
Paltiek^ we may fay, that there
xmt an exception; and jiefoforé it is' offly'^to>be underftt)odhwith
fijme limitations, which. Pontanus muft mean : -;bm:ifflitifnspii&
all the. nations' north, of thebPaltick, then h<JTrauftlBS«Nbige^
-that- north of the Sw^es -and Morwegians, there is the- L'a|iland
nation, which! differs greatly -from! them -cuft&iis,
-and language. They ..arp» of a lefs ftature, have &'flattèt ^iÉgë,
•and, in particular, a dark hrown éfeihp.lexioh; and -Mack “ Rai¥;
This fbews, that where the temperatër-2önesï^*ifiiM<:es," and*-®
ftigidedmffiences, there the inhabitants löfe their fafr'co&pleifiodt,
;and grow darker, l as exceflivé hèat darkens thé ikin, ahd gi'vëHHfe
inhabitants of the torrid zone- a tawny completion.; •Hbdce v^e
fee, that twt> oppoftte caufes,- namely,-extreme cold, and ex-
oeffive heat, in this refpedt produce the feme effééf*.
I produit qbéfquès effensfemblabks 1 c d i l de
la chaleur exceflive. Les iSamoyëdes, les Lappons, Mes.'Groenlandois, font fort ba-
• , ? •. t ° n ^ re- penw» W * pom 1’avons dit, qu’ü ïe frouve^parmi les -Groeit-
landols, des hommes auffi noirs-due ceux de l’Affique. L e fróid cómme le chaud
-doit deflecher la peau, I’alteret, & luy dönner- cettë couleur ba&nèe. Buffon hilt
natur. tom. iii. p. 537..... , . . _ :y ,
3 %'h.Q
• tt& T .# R 4 k f i Ï-S T Ö R Y of Ï Ï O R t f ' A t :
colduin Norway and^Sweden by no means obilrufts the
- growth- óf thöh’odtó.,-which isl^ohviou^ by.- the eompleat- ftature
k©f .thei peeiple *df> thofe-nations^^hut tj^e Laplanders, Greenlanders,
an'd S^feioiedes}. ar^'all a fbprtj,, .thick-fet race, - of ^a dark brown
complexion^whibh is; certai^jf- occafipned by -thè cold, that is.
❖ ery intenfeliriithdr climate: - f
1%> t
S T o ^eprefcnt th^geniu'S^yór difpofitions of - the minds of &
whdle-nation, fhas its difficulties, and lisi-liable tpfmany exceptions.
.However, nobody,wiH- deny-’j^what daily./’dxperiencqfihews td be
jtoue). than ev^ry,nation is^^n fome deg|eéf charaéterifèel? and^diP
tinguifhed ffiy/dts particular air, - noutiihment, education, --atitl
’ manner ’©f'Bvirig; * ■*
Having premiièd ,|hus muyh,i L ftiall - enquire into s me'ffiental
qn^ities -and ■ gmius ; o f,. the- No^ggi^ns.- ,;They. arqt'gfenerally
dextrons^ .briik, ^penetrating,^and, in'genipüs,- efpeciaïy; in -all ingenuity
-kinds of mechanic performances.'^ -This may bp feen bysthe*pea-
fants never employing'any hatters,, -fhoêmakprs^.taylors, -'.tanners,
«weavers, carpen^s, ^fo^iths,,.^ on» j o k i e r s 'nor- -cfê thépeves buy
sany goods ; in'fhe towns : ,>lbutiafi thefe; trades..- are exereilpd. in
everyrfarm-hpufe.. They think, ,a .jbQy-can'vrieyer .ffiöjpn ufèfiil
memher lof 'fooiety, • hór. a good man,4 -without fï’making h im & lf
maftemofialllthef^,-|
, In ffioiit, >thp pealant^pf^no'lqaiitry ,are fo^dextrous at every
thing as thofe of Norway*-japd opr -good^ neighbours -tlfd'Swedes;
Lwhere they h®-ve much.tfoe-fame method o f:edqcatirig»their chil-
;dren., But it- iis.nue, hoWëyer, _ ttat^th ^^d ^b le^d n ?; fo ‘many
-trades Peldpm -excel, 'in ; any, onej branch; but ,it 'd&.fufficient that
they perform, wplf enqu^ for thpir puippfe *. Many ofoyhefe
polypmgixxatic pCaiants bring their ^ o rk to*, foch. pefifedtion,'? that
it is hardly 1di||inguifhable from towh-made |oods. . Hardan-
ger, not far from hence, there ^ ,feV ^ a l young country fejlqws
swho make thejr, own yfolins; and fofnC tif them $re fo good, that
B ow ingenious- a great many ofthefe'-Norwegiahi peafands -are irifbuiMino- o f
flrips (which they;do'only by imitation, withoiicany rules) may bèfgqijcluded by the
pumbers that are-built at Arendal and- other places , foméiófitliefe are from two* to
three hundred lafts burdeh;fii: foVfheAfiatic trade, and thhtcompany has bought fome
o f them .for, that pufp'öfe;. A t die a-forefaid Arendal thêrêr isifi-equeiitly Built four or
five.of thofe large ihips in a year, an'd many fmallef vefipls.
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