there .^èwri* 'meri ^afcejrê&Mvébeen
drownedp 'benig möftly fiftiermen, rind spriods-j-r who are
obliged fo venture orit in the greateft ftorms,- when théy hear a
Ügïid Ü&kÊ&èèÈg fttom-ri Üsplf^lltt fe«ml .b6sth^‘Jqqo4f l^ é i l^ t
«re at feme -dift^ce'4 k)öi^the cod^and. ;chiefiyj, irihatód by
pilots, the- GaÖl is much the fame.; efpedally at LindefriasS, m the
diocefe of Ghriftiarifend*. They-fay* - that: moft of tfe women
there, -have ;'had five-’ of-fiX hufbarids^ rifle1 after1 -ariothefprind
ipeopfc o f dis&i »affiifëd fiaë Jtbarit'»«rue; ^ They %$&£%
rieeaflóried by thé* g^enfliriber rif'flüpgjd?
fcveral hundreds- m, a day) that: gó up the' Baltjck, Which by%!eri‘-
deavouting to avoid the dangerous rocks- jydike 'Ré v/Cmuft pais
byr Lindefxïsesj fo that by attempting, ta fiver: thtefe1 (fhlpsf mafly a
Norwegian pilot hasioft his life,, -and: lieft.saowidQW behind drim.
In Nordland and;Sündmoer, ^ereittegrAeiBÖlkpbsstóèj^feh
ras ate perhaps not to .be equalled in. the woüd, mod of tte inhabitants
get their! living from the fea, land every yöa% a' great many
ipfe their lives, there* ..This often happens by.ithcir pwtti fldhndfe
arid prefomption5 fof they'make.a point of honoursof OiitfeOing
,<me another,-and eyery one drives to be the firft that feoifts fad.
D. Steiakuhl,»in his Topographia NorVégkae,q3. ri2*,i|pkfcirig'rif
this iöfetoatidi§':-ci^r^Bs ahiinfelfJthtg, plrit^è ihferii-
IHves wilfully into, imsfoitunes, arid5 prefumption,
as well in boats as-iri fhipfc,* By Benig-lb 'l^d'r«iHcdfitïng^
for they look upon it asT ta diIgraee ?tQ loWer the&fidap-in—the
■ haideft gale of iwind ; and; when t&yMïe^góiögbtte(Wghr 'è' fiaf-
row channel, they will riot -give' Way,1 but turi-fbvil of*. aridiböië-
times -fink each other.” The BlérWe^ans wem good lailc^s,; ahd
uffed to the fea in very ancient timesthey difcoyëréd the 'Weft-
Indies fötne hüMred yé^rS 'Bêforë' tfesdSjiaiflSMijr arid'dSiivb iëft
behind them a colony ftill fubfifting, as I have fhov^hmhbSie. i f
we enquire what expedient they rilfed-iftfté&d' -óf tHë ribrifeaKj1 the
Norwegian chronicles .tell us, that it #as a raven which m ^ tdok
with, them, arid diet it fly- -as thfe ‘-Pad4ak:h rNbafe1 didr;';by/thiS
* Thé rtipéitté Mr. jl itpLtMasVji
try, and its antiquities, ‘pbfèfv-'es, ’i n m e , j § fit ;!Ónde&és; 'which
name-1 ratirè£ think is 'derifé&IrómiMdé-tóeV « H | ' pwr
toöntofifiin aMftionumV frjoffi Ae 'many damages ;aM(j^wxeck^I^ fe h A e tridipgr
veflëis fü'ffétècl ttidre, -as1,the Poriugheze, f when riiew, m|i-^ued tpuijjd Afr}pa,(’Calleq
'the^cajie of ©nddAope;’!cabb*!de'ïó!l:,'toflnién?ésp on account of tfié..^gerqus4 W$r
dos,. Or ftorms o f wind that they obferved here.
I means
.ieijkany l^wl^^r.ft %
fa&tp thé' rÈtveft afwiiys' turusj i&felf ■ towrirdg^hh© nCf}p4Ö *•
Iri fh fe teflipifeiV'iiïfhall q h f e iv e r t^^rlriiptiiUg, d h o o t in ^ i arg ^ ^ ^ g a » d
ï^ll^batel^g^riaff({®dlïoriiö3of thednhabiitajits óf Noï^ay, 4;CP^9^
ftfefefe ^hffeWSsBdfUifêr; every >od|KiM at: ili^fl^l tq‘ ipy^füe t |^
game, elpecially iri-the mouritairis, and on -the .heaths apd PPriVi %
hions,l wH^d%%bfy*^afektimay -iriakp ufe df what aisms. he: pfefes,
^üjtodé^ ^^rcdl. • *^%Itós£6i .'d^|oy.> the
hurtfril ''heSlIsj1' hirih’ , géüpi^ ,f wolves,: foies,; vieifras,
badgersf wild^b^ts, iriartöfesp ctfritirios, ■ &c. the Britts, df which
alone, reward' :flïèm'"w^llr mf thefe tfoiuBld:; bug allo. theiinafen-
ê ^rfedidifé^ * a$T Öië: ëlk-dëÖ^thëfe' rafti-deea, 5 haijts,: and
hkres j .and! alfo growfe, mountain^cqcfeg, flanpoliris, partridges,
WÊSÊwÊ! S l p B ^ g^ritpiasitiges
in^Mgfes. ‘Thc: beftmarkftneri hvë in the mOuritatirt^ and iMh
iniI(riftè^rifaces^iril&'bowspas they did in undent tihi^- e^jeGially
0 kill;thbfë-rifèatureSj whofe feins
^atTaSÉly^^ But they chiefly make:ufe ©f &e-
atirisf^ arid tfiêfdorindy-felldws' 'és& ftiebt pretty ex^ftly-at a great
diftance, wHch; quëïftès -:ihem in time óf war,‘ to lie in defies
and. to anUOy the enemy greatly. In ancient times, hunting arid
ffiooting, were the Ndfwi^ariS chief füppört, wfich may fee eöri-
cludQd 'by this, particular,'f thëy !paid theif taxes iri mafty places iri
hidps abd .ikins, which- teive rile to thofe words that are ftill in
pie iri the* Norbrigian' matrikul. In :the fragment puMiftied by
fomi Snelrnaq, Avbich is fiippolfcd to Be eight'huridred years old,
rii1prf! Pkripl^p^aii'^WTEfetfe ïUuflrateafi I ’■$. ^ UriuKjui^*iie
quin4ecim. martirim peiles, cervonim rangiferorum quirique,1 urfi
unarn,' & aeeem modios plumarum, cum tunica e pellibd? ilrfiriis
et.hitrlSï^; ktdriè duoïras'fiïfuj^cf fifibus%kriadM',qü8füm?méf-
qüe /lt lèxaginta rilnas longas, altër e balaéharaim, e phocaruiri sthef
* lp tjiis ftnfe, we fh9uId.pp^)ook ug.Qp;tli;s 3s a fuperJH^m ^^g^Jric^tion -by
ttó flignt of birds, -as fbróe do. 'Si autem exorta tempéffii'ce navis inJ alttim COgè-
rétur, mcescicluö «f%it quorfum iter tapendum',' aves emittehanc, exlqlarutji yolaru
dejpn?re judicium ferebanty. eafque fequebantur. Exemplüm eft in Landnama Saga
éiiËdda, mychol. fab. 34 cónf Jon. Rami Ulyiïès Éi Oniinus unus & idem, cap. ii.
p, quod alii ruditafi populi tribuun^ ad auguria tarnen reétius refert.” Bytho-
Fin in'|miquitat. Dan. lit?, ii. cap. ix. p. 476; Joh’; Chriftoph. CJêfïèlius in antiquitat.
Germanqr: feptentripnai. 1. 1 o, § 4. ; ■
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