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H H i I g M ^
öf füttati^Ö^tó ^é^t"fa%m«Êoü&i^^Tlpfe-: that- coMedt* a fâtm-1
■ 4 éÿ tttföiiog
fioé,^or cufiottfc^ Thë^fihbkë''|)aflës ffófeügh- -Öie faid1 Lirify- T|ör- bgh^holej
© ï^ owsiööt # ;ïhbïe dcïricl b f rbbm^^hibh ^rëftâifléii Rög^Sëuer, trivdiftifl-
tooms with guiflv them frbrii the Glar-^StüerRCy ol1 hórife with- windowSt-^Thè-
d ïè in fy Terftlfe^fbrïfeöf*HS^Nuf^BSll farm^houfès '■ ih IfolfeiSy^does
•iÖ)t?gö'!7 Aro'ügh ;«a^ or'
_dpit fëêt Hgb
fimfo à* vent at the WteVe-mêntÏ^ïfed öMfühg. ^^ÖS^fu^in feaïâ
tó bèvêrydïüWuPtÖ tH è ^ s r b lr t^ tM-bnioferlöeêts #lth nO‘
obftruâioriV itToenrftés'fc h ig h% s ï^ ^ # t^ è âfmàrf*S‘hëàd, and
ft is èafilÿ fecri How-low if fë31s -*bÿ■*i%
Kven kings have förinèrly lived irtr ‘feeK horifës, ;0of!'did- théjri
knówi óf any bettër riiethod till 'the eleventh eünturÿ,* when ! king
Oluf Kyrre broke that difagreeable cuftöm öFbüMi% ffie^rafcês
in the middle of the rooms, and ordered chimnies and ibveff to be*
creöed.; T h i s a M a^ |i|_
hbufes of pérfons ofdiftftii&oh ; {TTOT^o^fMls " wes^n^ cfeimT
n t# life uféd but in few placés by the conpion peal^re-in this
province. Under the iM sa^ c^
thick table and bèöchés;b?^&TÊLife^qdr
thé Cible i&.thé Hoÿ-Sædet,' o f^Tfigli^eab which.hélongs t<f the
niafter of'the honfe only, Who has alfo' â little cupboard jfor his own
nfe, in which hè fecks up all. his valuable ffirigs: ; .TAri^ns they
, dbref fheir houfei With" tüés
boarcferihé1 fappÿ bark o f birch-trees,, whichvwifl 'hóf.decay in
mànjf ÿears.; They fcöéër this again with turf, thrèéo^four inches
thick, -which keeps the houfe clofe and "warm. ' Sometimés you
may fee fervice-trees, and always goöi4 grafs; 'growing upon the
töt^Whïefr iftchit# the* goats' fo^leap âbdüt, ahd climb’hp"'there
for good pafture ; and tftany a farmer mbWs it, and gefs;a pretty
wood load of hay from the top of his houfe*.
’ - M W ^ H i
* As TBW®8§®BMa^erîs^ôwC!N^ Oharciin’s; voyagé én Përfe,. fevèral examples
ef the Georgians and the Mingrelians agreeing with the Nflfwegiprëijn
’■’*Rr *r- ■ , bread",
' f htts-1:'ö 'r y o R wM Y t
$&ä h à Tl. ïv, '
mîlÂ.ccordiiig tö’ tfeé'tiätüral c5rdèr*, I muft 'now take fothe notice Theà various
of the' trades1'ana occupations’ p f the’ Norwegians" which are thefe
follbwiiig ; commefcC, mfechariic-tfades,agriculture, grazing and
breeding p f cafdèjTcu'ttïhg of Wobd, wrirking1 in the mines, fail—
ring, fifhing,- and hrintiftg. i 1
Commerce, d r fad in g ' ivitn fdPdigp.’ fiitidi s, [ ' hasHor, many Commerce
£^ès°hêen in ’it hduSfhilig coriclition ih'Nofvfay, ‘khd èvenhefore
théyphihting Ohriftiahity *ân?ôngîl: us: It wäs* coflftantl'y 'èncbp®-
ràgèch By 'all ouf kmgs,,‘æ'Hnî^ÿî*he',,feeh in TèVefal places in'the
Norwegian 'CHrottfcles; ; hnd "pafticmMw ~Snotrp St'ù’rfeieh nfâys,
page 89, and1 king Sagur, page r 1, “ That wîién Bîôrn H'aralmen
relgfiea in Veftfolaf Sfrl^Fîfef'Woen^^^^^ ’^^yfpfe'WahdKed.-
t*fim the merchants'' thâPcaihë'frôm ÿafldus pËïces''âhd" éOTinmes
to Tonfberg. He had, merchant-ihips Àt-, fea wh'ich^Brbhgfit hlm
precious"'jewels' arid yàltsahle "things. Upon this “adcôüftt "his brother
called him Biorn the merchant.” 'In thbroll6wlri^iang%Neigri
there is often mentiori made of mprchfeits.from'Hettm'aj-k änd *
Germany, efpecially"at Bergen^ whicn Was'prob'abfy à place of
trade long before *. ~
In the year 11 yp,^ king • Ôhrf Kyrre madfe1 great .tegulàions
at Èèrgerf’With ' régardl ‘tb trade, and'’ granted '' ^Wnbgla-fb -
foreigners,J particularly the! 'Englifh, and::*Sëbtch,t whö for many
ages hâvë'carry’d on a 'pi&h'tfade'm^this' cbhfttry,' and Coiftin'uè
it to this day, dsjdo the Dutch, and' other‘'tradihg-natioris. I
have Ipokeri'at large in another1 place” bf) thd',German,'hanfe-éôîn-
pany, fo that î hëëd riot lay ar^* thirig' nrore of i f here' “f-.
bread, habjt^ ç&ecyiy bd^aoel-&îoj»Aop|.j sI,tnufl: hk|'wife,öbfe|Lyi5v.ch^t. thofe
maifons ifqnt bâties x3e gfdfifesipbutrès jufqii’a csrnbie, tèstfâi eft fait' ëaftertaflè es
couvert,td&<Gafoas.i Ils; lfflflènf une. ouverture atjj'pdieUj’^’çft'par pta fe lymuere
entfe et par où fort la fumée, ©n bo\ieKù(ÿ*riàtr^ùSàpn tçiit; *cé§ibn:'és de
cavernes ont cela de^commode, qu’elles !forit plüsiçtiâüdes ■' en. hivèoétsfraîches en
été, et qu’elle^ne font fujettes à,être percées pakiles voiéùrs.”
: * I know not otberwife-'wh'ät to make of Pliny’s':wörHs, Wrfièhvfeefn tcrfhéiv that
they had a Sä ■ •
he peaks'tn:!^|} I*- Sunt dut etiarn alias
èiartique omniurri Nbr%of?ÿ ex in Thülen navî^àretur. A-TfiuleharSisî diek
nayigatione mare cOpcretutn.” Here Norway is put,aftet Skaahe, Dénpark, and •
Bergén, which lift the Romans mult alfo nave imagined'lTC?be'i country,
T Forty or fifty mercpinttpen deeply .M^en frorn different parts of the wpildiome
in annually in the fpring,’ edi'MpS‘loaded, witk the’’ prodüfce!"qf
the.'country fail out ii|n^^sB|rofflS^mSl!WötF®TOT8Sm®KGtfPIA'^8^I}^l^1'
at- artime. '.
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