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Cutting of
wood or felling
oT timber.
N A T U R A L ; E J S T OR¥bbfi/Vr0 R WAt>
foflkii; and tokeepa forti o£ dairy, ?in'little huts buikbot.'thatpurp
o fc , ;k
f&That the employment of a fhepherd has been in efteem ijeyen
ip jhefëdater times,, may he concluded'.fr°m.Baron sHolberg’s de-r
foriptiorimf Bögtófp. i^jj^lwiïerè he fays, that Gudleich
mimdapfonp ofië'Jeftdïe iKingJ^ifteiSwaardsy m «cthê'^ëaï' i-3‘i i|r had
been one of his Majeflys fliepherds before, k And’ Adato| Bremenf.
fays,- in hjs;: hjft..eqcle£. pag. g 23f t “ In m-ufe.Normannise.vel
Suesagjltóaip^fiss 's^aidnm ifont, etiam .ppldliffiraai, homines,
dthpattiaichatiim M labOrelmaabum viwerites. m
- iiQpttmg ?|aiknihg charco^
h^ktraöipg tar, and every .(thing that belongs todfept woods,
^.-the principal employment; of.i.thê. peafants here'inaNorway.
Sdlpe. do' it mrhek.o'wn[gronnds,;But moft i0£ t& are erpployed
in the large wbodsfiatid great diftaneé fróm their place; Of abode,
which, belong to:the ppblicj .and are' no bnéJs peCüh^r ipfcopeity;
They shave; the :wood, &c. forytheiAlabo^^^
tljerp for fevcral weeks together.,, taking as , much vproyipon;with
themas they can- catry., or. havé it lent «aflet
bo^dsi felkdandrcut, they are obliged po ieave behiiid a»^ea€ deal
of what;,, they lop off, lo rot/^They fetish away thé' ferge timbfef
in the winter, putting a horfe, «Or two,* Oflnoirb^' to-each piece,
an A drag it over fthe.fopw to the n^rfeft. river bïdake, dahd in the
fpring the.merchants,-.'or their agents, iaïê "there törecdve*ït^and
to .order it to be floated where they think proper, bin this* wdrkj
as well as at the; .faw-mills, and .preparing wood's for fëggötsj
rnaf ing ftayes fofcaflcs, hndhoops for the fifheries, >& g^athdrrii-
ber pf people are employed,? and greater ip burning
gharcoaJ;t „.Qf thig^ccstapodity vaft qmntities mtrfeRe»id4vered
at:a fetrprice to the melting,, furnaces, namelyfsatb four Danifh
marks. Or twcffliillings and eight pence Englilh per lafl, each lafl:
.confifthig o f : twelye tons,.-rand every tori' tvfo> feet fqiiare. The
peafants that live within. Eighteen Englifh miles of evèry meking-
houfe,’ is obliged to furpifli his .quota at that price, | for it is not
ieft ft%Ms option. , If «this privilege, were not; granted to? the niines,
it would be imppfiible to i work them. ;
Out pf the roots óf thg.firftrees,.whichl after thé trees have
been cutrdowPi) have flood feveral years in the ground, and imbibed
N A -T h l R A t i o K T M ’t ) R Y; of: M O % W A T.
bibed the:;fat®pfs;,of thw foil, rithey burn .for far.' j This-they do in
ffie open fields, ahdhhen thayiearryf it>to thg;.tofvns to bei fold and
exported.
, eoppe%ljaild ironsWoj:ks,.f;a&)id; a livelihood' So many
-tholfahds! ofpd|)pl<birf Norway? fafohasfoeenjfoew^ proper
plfQS.) rfoj;-a)^re|t ammberfofmen ^pfompfoyed,; ®otyqnly,in the
rfpfSSSf
rr'i About a hundfgd' and fif^fiye.arf fhlce,r) when ithfyafirft began
. to)iPPe'P- 'the jfoiA^s,' • jand work them in eayngftv*th^y wer;e obliged
yfo fend. tOf Germany: for> miners; & hu b now? «tbps Norwegians k nnw^
iffewel as dny people,' what belongs ]to > mining- *, {}
pfpfll inumbers of theblprwegianSjafe employed in navigation and
filings ^lcl.rnaintaim themfelyes and'families by thefexiccupatianl.
Several Jhoufands go-anhuaUy.ffreuril -tHis county tb>thepBaitick,
England, -Holland, France,, Spaihy and thej Mediterranean,", efpe-
ci^lly *iwhen anytof fhefe trading nations are a t war ; for then the
Norwpgiaps, gefca great deal pf money in a little time, by freight-
^Sg-rEheir fliips! !wiithitfie;;commbditfes of Oiher .couhtries,’: and i trakf-
portipg .them .from place h* place'. ., At,Inch times, rnanyua, Jailor
pgver? r e tu rn s ^ His own .country, and .fevenak of them acquire a
vfepbripflhdgnt ■toton4 ;drefodaysiq0ipfo|^iy^>oAlbhgAh!ef&^fe
of^prwayji.a vaft many^ct.their .livelihood;by' ffhing, ■ whichlis
the chief employment; they have ori:jthe(weft fide1 of-the country.
.H.ence,all the peafants, that neai th e . feaj- are ; fo-accuftomed
childhood,; fthat, ;like.:amphil»p.us deeatuijar, /they.
'TQwingie&!
.a great, many fpend,. atfoaft, half their bitie^ and n^any eiid their
yla^s in that’element, of whi.eh they are'fo-fond-.! Anduthough
their deajl bodies, are fnldpm fqund, yet tthere .is, a ceremony .ufed
^.nd a funei;af, fefmqn^ vyhich; they^ galj. ;gravfeftehe5 preached1 on
t;he .Qqcafion,
affid yeverend Mr. .ErichiEeegangfer, miniflsrmx
Ivartfrifdj hss'aflhred me, that in--one. of his aphjexer, calledUd-
t% , . .^uripgj % , pme;. th^tt ..he has cheldiit, r^ hW id ||ld% years,
h*_¥ri.Jg^iAiLb'rfep f a y s ' , % e l w i te#- it,tha,t mines werediftei
mruermwniifie^ g 11 ‘ ^'u>' -*• - - v > mjcjs 1"uSb;j•r/
Mmes«
MaVigafiöfl
and hilhery.
I there