46 N A-T Ü R A L HIS-CT ÖR YA óf N Ö cm r £ ¥ ,
' Sche^ h?eiiC a J e ^ S & r ^ j r tos.tfeis.ragafüre to tó-va^V
exaggerated.
@f jd ië ^ ^ ^ -':öÖ ^ ö p tó s :- f o - 'ê ^ t i è ^ 4 ' vHiich
yot jj, no j üJiUs terms, fornmas alpes* % according to his eonje&ure,
no m o ïè thancj 8 7 «lis» • H ó^ieid,- in the neighbourhood <of B e rgen,
Which, however, I do nöt imagine tö be half fo iiigh as
Kériia óf Sneéhotn r;ori Shndmbre, was by a trigonometrical
mcnfüiation performed laft winter; Found to 6e 2tro Fathom, or
600 eils hi^hj confêquently, Ulrich, which ftinds tdófë by it;
cannot be lefs than 80© ells.
Some c f foefemmmtams are peculiarly remarkable for their figure'
and appearance. On the left hand, failing up Joeriftgdreck; ode Fees
foeh a groupeof crèfts of mountains; as refembles foeprofpeft oFa
ferge dtyi With ^ ^ a f t d ;^gottóck.-edifieesi ?'óttd'&ai'/clj9 iafe'
being "continually oóWréd with foow, whEÈft the èia&is in others
make a way for the light to penetrate, the profpedt flHsa foanger'
with aftonifoment. Not'for From thence, in foeparifo ofOerfkoug,
is the mountain oalfed Skopfoofo, of which fob marihéft Ihd'Miëii
men have a view at 16 leagues diftance, when they fe'teioMgKt!
“ the rcft- ° n thc bigbeftcreft of this mountain, it has foe'appear^
ance c f a complete well-built Fort, or old caftle, with regular Walla
and baftiorts. It is an OH tradition, that a giri who;was attending a
flock or herd, for a wager climbed Up to foe top, and accófdïög' to
agreement, there blew her horti, but was never foen after ; upon
which, her relations, according to an ancient fupefftition, imagined
foe had fallen into the hands of the’ pretended fubttriaiieous in-
habitants oF ffi?;m5d5 tSmT.-"Ferh^
mot fb fortunate in coming down as in getting up, and that
fhe fêll info Fömétavity,-where her bódy never couM Hè fofcovered
See ptaie u. Near /dftahoug, In the diftrift of fidgeland, T O P g M ®
mi« of a very Angular afpeét, having feven high pinhaefcs, or
liters. érelts, known by fob appellation of foe SéVeh Slflé'g, hfldVKich
a « difarnible M W M A fifepi W f t J S > $ jg
ventured to 'the tc,,S t f the h ig h e f t io fd t t f e « , ’ thSiih» thtir
perpendicular height to be fomefoing above-a quarter of a league *
, * TMS ^PP®SM"S a Very êxèratodinary height, for ©m <£ thefe fenwafP W i.'A'.’V'
asitincleafet after puffing ^van^rj^a^^^^o^^^f)towa^s^Be^en.er,