then tme would imagine, that-fomuft be very freqtlittt here in!
Bergen, which is contrary to experience. For this diftemper is
unknown here ; and we can fey the feme öf agues Or tertian and
'quartan .fevers, which we know only by report from other countries.
The fmâll-pox, which annually rages in Denmark, comes
âmongft ixs' about once in feven years, and farther norths in the
dibcëfe óf Tronhicm, every tenth Or twelfth year ; but’in'the ma-
nors*of NOrdlând, perhaps it feldom appears above once in fixteen
years, and then makes great havock amongft both young and old.
The'laft time that the fmall-pox raged in thefe parts, which was
in the year 1749, it fwept away in the city of Bergen aloney
528 perfons, moft of them young. I
C H A P . X.
A continuation of the former, eoifoeftiing the Norwegian,
Se c t . I. The food or diet ofthe N o r w e g i a n s . . II. Jpparel. Sect!. III.
Habitations- and manner o f b u ild in g Se^'¥. IV . P'mdUs ranki cmdeéèity
■ potions? "Sect. V. The Norwegian nobility, -both ancient and, - nwderni
Se c t . V i Bern thoughts concerning the Norwegian fneehoMersï j
S' E C T. gj
N e x t to the complexion and difpofition of the Norwegians,
and the account of the various difeafes ,to , which
they arc fobjeéfc, k is natural togive fome account of their food
or diet, their houfes and manner of living.
The iwe. In the firft article, namely, diet, there is a great difference
E “ in betwixt thofe who live in the country, and the inhabitants of the
trzAira towns; a great part of thefe confift of Danes, Germans,
Dutch and Englifh, who make their bread, and drefs moft of
their vi&uals in the Danifh fefhion. They may have almoft all
forts of proviiions here in perfection, • excepting butchers meat,
which Is not fo plentiful in Norway, as it is in Denmark. As jfor,
wild-fowl, and all forts of game, as alfo fi£h of-all kinds, except
carp, we have them as good, and in as great abundance as in
any country in Europe. It is obferved, that when any foreigners
cöhie to Norway, they are furprifed to fee heaps of oyfler and
lobftcr-fhèlls lying at the doors of poor little Bvfe/‘Ml00nd«fcf
1 S M i S
that people fef fomewfortune maft lhlë there. , The milk? o f otir.
cattle is very good and rich ; and as for all forts of wine's, fpices,
&C. greater quantities of thefe me imported than there is oèEafepn
for, ôt goed æcoffomy reqûifês, of which I could fey .a great
deal, if my tinteutfou \Wei«hô'i@?ffâljfeî&ù natuiah hifttoy. g Be
this as it will,' Moft of our Mifekâhts iive in U 'tn&tâ elegant-mam
ner thaff'the^rfoblefle in other count®id^4| All kinds of wines
(which I mention as a prottf of this) are fe udmrhom in. Norway, .
that it may te qudhônê#Vmfethef!fhiM ^iÉoffi&drëtiCoiAôied
hetè :in î|Mvs®ë/families I than evèö in t h ë ^ W i ö e - c o u r i t ^ ^ 1 ■
makes it âppéar-themorè txtrâofdiâaryi^hatpôpôdnnoeeiit WIL
in the year 1490, difpenfed with the Norwegian Gliürch ftööï
tiling wine, iii the feeràmënt,“ and alloWed thfem to Wi’1 mead p®
Head óf it; 1 ' It was pretended that wiiic would not keep, but
tuïftèd* four àtïd wës fjiöiiqd by ; i l vSf-ftbfif fhotighÿ ?m m m .
probability, it-was thert rtöt colder ‘thâti at this pfefeït 4ime, -and
Wë tari j&ë&rve wfee * liëre riówy w 1 Wéîl' as ih ârfjf -S&imat^foThiS
lè h ^ fâ lfte faét *^ derilëd'by Bzovius in contin. annalium, N° 39,
ps ifïq y brif Öh this flight foundation,' that , the pope (Which is
Vëry ttite^%adUÖt:j30Wer to g#aöt ftich a difpenfetiori; ; Fafe
ilifriefty èûiii £§fSéd tàlë’ difp'enfafte, ctim fdmmuspóritïfèx ali^
coriëlufîon'dihwxÇ â jure ad Faâüm,t! 1 ihigniti make ofte doubt .
whether the priefts in the Roman church’ dö receive Mid tu-palrine,
and deriy if to më reft" of "fhfev dShgrë^Stion.’ Btit we riiay moré
fefëîy defend tiporf-what Volatefdrius!;’wf}tes dnfke otcafton,- ïû
comfhènPr. tJrban. lib.viih where he feys, C{ Norvegiæ Inhó-*
cèiitii VIÏI. concéfïione permifturn, fine vino càlicem fecfificare,
quod imnienfo feigtiré vimim in ilia régione impörtatum âecèfcàt. '
Cujus rei gratia légatió miffe.” -See more relatiiïg>to this in am
rial, ecclef. Dan. tom. ii. lib. vi. cap: i. p. 331.
The peafent in Norway, as in other places, keeps çlôfe to the' The farmers
cüftóms and manner of living' of his forefathers : arid à i he fol-food’
lows ' them in öflièf tilings, fo doe's he likeWife in eatiiïg arid
drinking; Upon this account he' enjoys, as has been ohferved,
a .conftant feries of health, and lives to a good old-age. * Bread,
which is tire chief fupport o f life, is not ' made o f rye, among
the peafeints, but upon particular occafionsy as wedding's or entertainments,
, becaufe they fow but little of that grain, as has been
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