N .A .TU R A L H IS T O R Y i b £N O R WA Y
fhuttle.5iiKidp.;ci£ ,a, rqed or qaoe>.;they;ufe an inffinament/fbat re- ,
fembles afabije, Made: . of bpng or ;.iron^wiudi: theyi think preferable,
;• Tlus-;4%a? flower wa}? of;weaidng5.1‘thanythat,.pradifed iri
cortimop, which,is . called here ror-gang j \but then they* think
that- the, in .an, opftaTgajig,.( is;rjauch,iclofehfhan
other clQthj. and after it is. fhrunk, i f looks m cldfe-jand; ftrong as
a felt. I have take^.pptfcG^of-.tho herbs and mofs . that they ufe
t^,dye,ynth>r in. anpther place. , |
The^Norwegiaps w.qar a flappedr.batj.pr a little brown, \ grey,
or black,Jcap on their head ; this l a f t i s a f o r t o f quarter-cap
ipgde-,quite, round, and the ieams are ornamented, i with , black
g f a -peculiar fafhion without heelst
0% what may be properly caUed -folSs-; j they. confiffiof two pieces;
namely, the upper feather; whi^jfitscgloib. to the' foot,- to which
the^jf^J&joined ip a great many plaits- and folds;;.-. When: they
travel, and in. the winter, they vyear,a fort; o f rhatf-boots, that
reach up to the calf o f the leg, thefe ;afe laced oh lonediglej^ aJk
moift .like -the ancient Roman bufkins. ; .When. they .travekon the
rocks in the fiiQw, , gnd find that .they fink jinitoo deep; theyiput
op what they cafi tr^viers,. vvnich are round like the hoop of’ a
fmafl barrel,, work’d qrofs with-twigs or wicker,; and this keeps
them up *. But a&
tfiey have a long way J®, go;. they putjon feat'es.>abopt ,asi broad as
the foot, but fix or eight feet long, and pointed before^; they are
covered 'underneath with leals-lkin,, fo that the finooth grain o f
fne hair to p s , backwards towmdstheheel. With thefeifnowk
fcates they run about on the fiiowj as well as they can. upon the
ice, and fafter than any horfe can gp, and for iwhichi reafon the
corns o f foldiers, yvhich are called keir-lobere or fcater^, in tifnes
o f war, march with great expeditionj like the Huflars. ;
The peafent never wears a neckcloth, or any. thing of; that*
kind, except when he is drefled j for his Peck and breaft are al-i
ways open, aftd he lets the fnow beat into his bdfom,r which he
thinks is an ornament. On the contrary, he . covers his veins
5 * -Mi-. Ghardin reprefents, in his voyage; en'^erle, ;tom. i. p. Ifip; a print, a.
Minj^piapeafant near the Euxine-fea, with fueh. fiiow-fflao'es,-. or Norwegian truviers-
/oigp&'jeet. By th ro n e may fee how nature and neceffity teach the inhabitants, of
the molt diftant coiintnesj in equal circumftances, the fame means in providing
againft dtlpc^ik?. t1 But who knows whether the northern,, Afers, Othin’s Followers;”
who came from the ealt, were not driven from thofe parts. ,
R A T U R A L II 1S T O R Y of -N O R W A T. P I
. clofo to, keep them'W'ariïi, binding thefn round with a Woollen
fillet, £. dBHed ^Yafliip^^'..T^3i^g<i#i&^£^:itinies;:irottEKl hisiwrift,
and is fijipp6fed?_t®;fd®ntribute-taftheitj flfengtlr. . About rtheir
body -they, wear a broad leather-belt,. : ornamented with convex surer' ;
hangS 'atbrafsichàlnYmhichî'iholds their,
tolk'knive, o r . fcheitadarge “knife,."gimlet, arid4 Other tackle.; the
nàmeSofithê whaldis Qk&:'-fiLir
*h~ ;The- women’s- dtefs I am not fo wdkaeqiiaiftted with, though
that has ,its;f"diftinâiorîs ;o‘hnd at church, ^andgenteei afiemblies, womm%- <&■
'they'ïcfefefiïthemfelvèsy.in/ jackets lâçedaclbfei.ikudihavàEleathëï^'”1111611*8''
gitdîesj. With filveFOifi'iMepMÊabôüt'theMy.eofflmonty worth'fix-
teen^ or twenty rix-dollars. WiThey àHb wear a filver-chain three
or * four times round the neck, with a gilt medal’ hanging at * the
ettd fif it. ' Their hapdl&rchit^slitt'dtjhaps arca lttoft covered | With
-fînall filvéf,!HbMl’y and tiMplâté,v buttons, àncklarge fiWgs,i fitch
as tnty’ wear on their fingers, to- Which* théy^hStag^agaiïÿ a paffcél
ofifmall ones-, which look- brillant, and make a gingling ‘ noife
whéâ fhe^’^Ovëii'*
A maidèn-br'idè ha»; her hair plâtted, and hdhg’as-'fiill1 às-pofi
fibïe Witb fuch kind 'ëf1 trinkets,, as 'aIfo!£h e f ^clothes.'' For this
jpurpofe th'^- get all the ornaments tôgéthcr5thât>,’they* -off
thofe ^beltkla ^ ' s^ f^dfe4 buttons, ^plates, rin^*5 &c. * the morë
thé:ibetfef,"\-Ibstlfâü !mèrffiSSêï%t®ofëi^til''*?fi^f(^ sm®sfilïïeh%(à''
the advantage-of her perfon *.
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' What the ‘ancient Norwegians habitations w^^dfiditheir man4 Habitation
ner .of ' éuïl’din’g, Jpiay bé'fefen^B}/ ffieTihlapldridërs- tènfë or ,,;IiutsJ ^ buadinÊ'
on 'Kolens mountains, which çdnfiït o f fix of eight £iolès^ covered
with fleinsbf Yadpteh The ancient GcrmansdtVëd hf-the fame
fort of huts,' ‘according " to TâtSftif^ àefeomit’ ’o f their -ftannfers:
They wandered -about from place ‘tot^d&è, ^and’' lived chiefly by
hunting,f fifliiftg, ' and their battle. Wherr;. they had cleairôd -one j
m H Such belts and tackle hanging to them, Mr Chartlin; in the place erteoabove,
tells us the inhabitants of Mirigreiia: ufe. '■ “ Les grands ont .des!>ceiriture^ f deiejair,^.
larges' dé qüàiiÿiî(^&:îc^i^^yj®Mm.tësia argent; &' cliabun’âttàhhé. à1 laj-i|sh'he tin *
cbûtéàü', & la piérrepfé||î]ïèf.
* This kinds of ireffiin'g1 is: called in‘tiidfe parts anffi, 'Whieh' fômé -ïaÿ’ is kerivéd frôiïi
the’ Agrtus Dei in popifh orhèErp wKich* wâsméif 'ib'oft'inTpottknt ornament, specially
whènSitl'wàs fetched from'Rome, and had the ipoâp^Dfehedictîôn-/ anetthen-whoever
Wore a piece 'of filvef in the form.ûf 'à: lamb, confidered: it'as:a'Tifre amul'et-againfttall.
.evil fpirits, "&c.
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