Eafy way
travelling"
the winter
the freih-
water.
Great' difference
in the
nature and
quality of the
foil;
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y b £ W Q RTF A Y .
ftreaxiiy where it kiprinedwith another! q<^e«^ori
®<ff tafts from', the- oppafitefide,. andthis without ainyother ee-
Ttieat .tdim their: castiitaxit, fa that in. dre. paflage over it;. efpecially
ia tfc tnMdk, the bridge appears td fedng, winch; to'thpfe wh^
fifed to rt, appems fo dangerous* dmt dfey alight from that
h®fes tiff diey itaa^ie themfelves dm’of danger,
S E C T . XVI.
ofie f t e p&Sage fo Waiter is b^-idte^ei^'
on eosa^y-. M, they are every where deeply frozen, the pea&its find
&4& y great-pfinvenfenty in them for cteVeying thek gpedMo the
towns itt their fledges* carriage being fearee practicable over the
heights' of ^ Ae' mouHtaiHs. The travellers are conveyed ■ in <. thefe
ffedges- With great cafe and' expedition, ^-^ rngh the'NorWay
feagiies are very yet they goc feeufely dt the rate of tee league
in an hour. Thefe winter roads, dikewiie yield an agreeable profe
geft, in the contrail' of The green -valleysof pine'and fir trees,
with the fiiow, though %^larmg of the ktterlJ.efpepiaJly in fun-
fbifte, foonoffeflds the eyfe, and here a piece of of ape over the face
® of double fcrvice, as it Skewife preferves the ikon from the
gkrting frafL
CHAR, IV.
g .. O f A e ReitiHty o f Norway in, vaK ek'of Vegetables.
8X C T , i O m ti difference tn tie nature and quality ofthe foil. 8.e c f
fertility greater thm foreigners imagine, and chiejfyfrw Hop caufes. S ec,t .
111. Method gf. mdfp0biBty o f its improvement. S,e q t . IV
different hinds, o f grqin,, as Bye. . S e c t . If. Barley.'' ^ E ^ f w I . Oats.
; iSTbr. VfiF.Peas■midV'ttisis. Se c t . VIII.- Wheat and butf-wheatl I s S e r f
IX . MpSi Fkic UtM^Bentp. : Sö g t , X. Ofaizing and Hay. T-Si'CT. XI.
s JhxceUeM roots and garden vegetables.
. iS R C T. I.
HAVIN:Q'Hitherto difeourfed in general of the air,- foil, and
water of Norway; and having yrider farther ,cbnfideratio%
tfie animate and:. inanimate fubllances exifting in |thofe elements,
it appears' moft regular to pröcCed td the natural' fertility of the
earth
R A Ï3ÎH T S ^ Q R l f i b f MQ^RVFAY. 9 7
çàlrth,-: and finery other kind of vegetabfos.
n Tjlhalb givb a-cèountsi pf>ail ilthefeffipom; my own tkntrwB
llèdge*. or t d n t e . n a t y d o f i b t i n g ! withal,i
bat my-feeedrQijà.iiiii.tKis w(ark,,;wiff finifh it with much Ids. trouble^
andîïJipsh'greàter :geEffeftiba:; tho? ‘ feb gfeerùnkerfal fatkfacT:
don, Ss beyond tfeè naoft, extei^vteknoWlkdge,? .adds tlfe mbft correct
judgment. •
. : Having, fpeeifiedothq-1 diverfities ofLtfe foil and - air mNorw&y*
Wifcfefe pP É ^ p îrfe greater than 1 it! will appear)
thaf^:yege^J^L|*rodw<âsi'm depsafladtitpsec^’: sütiiy .!&<»
manner. bi iifeà© flç3ft^ ÿsli««e^ ,îjû fit.
tho’ the plowed
lan4% h not ffewkyijlhefpitepojtionii i». :to. .thd mea$&W
and Woods) the! wafftes andr barren moirtoirisj Wcrèld be .greater,,
than as;o|ie to^ighty^’ diidi ; if .th e pea&nts o£iSTèiw ay were not
fpn^|et|ybly the f^eèttfls,,ifand
die timber aiid? rchàreoalrrtæade tfoë. rhe .nimes, ' |h > antj
the liberty rthfey haye-pf killing gamb, the ? country cdnldnot: be
fpgpofed tohtfrfiih; fubfiâaneé fer âbovh h a lf the iühabitknts j fee
as; thefe. vi^bj-y increafe^.ànd fpread thendelves, year after iyieaa;,.fo
f^ ^ d r i^ ^ ^ i^ s c p ltiy ite d t e é f hm* fifean broloe upândiiillQiÿ
and federal wt^fhbbwâfçfhâr«: îweh.dàim^. and the-M d tinned
to hufe^ndry; yet; with ah thefe. expedients* there would Rill be
a-.fc^is^y -m \$)S&feSpUàQèi iwhete fh e nature o f the earth and di®
rpeks jar^-not- capable of any setddvad<m>:l Airotfeanhfcrtune is?
tha* iflî fetnp: pâirts- of rthe ateoft feuétful pmvindes, as Galbrandfdaly Petnicioas '
.C^erdal*; SdloPt; -'ted èlfewMereÿudie; grain jt febjed ,*x mife^frynigta ^
:^ dM d n e <ky itrmsty.feeam ima flourifMng fefe,
ted afford, the plèafihg: prohaife of a plpntifbl harvefl, but f»y the
idppii% sold ^f one ni^htj it appedrs .withered-the n^ct day,. âiÿl!
drooping* fp as never to attain to its praper ripends,' It is-rt0'; be
obferved, moreoferythat in every edn'tary, iâs fte às call, be afch#u:
tained fro.m.tradition,; thb cmiptryds vifited with femetmfruitfef
years, which are rexnaxkably fcs,. ànd happen two, three, dr foutfy
fuccefiively; fuch werq the years from 174,0^1^44; when fthe
fun feemqd to have loff ' all its heat and geniaif power, the vege-^
tàbkï, :ÿew,; but fhbrt ' ted
bloomed, without bearing rlw dtofe ^Srs, the -trees;1 l&bwife,
.. 3 -■ .. ■ . foiled ■