failed k &eui gfowtbpand f c i ^ p a i e ^ i i S i ;»
a & r t t o Mp s t ' o f t f e a j g l
pbrilhed,
peafenbayaki®edmbed to ^dikifediila'els/ from the;ilnekkkiyj©.f
anyladviahthges. k'-the dibodfs :andi^«^l^ad)f:)the:kafiri4g yqaf •
Sotoetkng difad:iias,^d?l in • a: lefeide^ee, ■ wa^ felb k othsl plaefes,:
during the above-mentioned calamitous iyears *.
'rM'ffiefe difad vantages.' d©- but furnidi more marter. for adoring*
iikkhifhe greater admi^oh, /fifafe tepar|ialtEe’^hity|'df'-'4e'
Almighty. (Creator,»t in his proviiion M> the fttftdhah^ of-die <peo'-
■ pfe.ofii%w^ means!©f fupport,
wkclf fhad he Ipecified in their pi^pef.^Ihce ji-’bht. byftMir hark
v re fp e ft id thofe o f I other «otnittids, are m to k d k g k t ih a A 'to
Abundant foreigner would *boncdv4> t i l i irifornied b y . ^ d M l o i ^ h lM f
have fortothgkarids of uttins^ofoit^dvi?»'grain hnd^roifcce,'4 f/‘
fpamfordthe adjacent provinces of Swedea? • Ahd'^hd'^fird
inia^ne the-kdi,:Which! AmiReihfen reports!kfhis^bOok’-btofhe
fruitfolneh: of Denmark'kid' Norway^: thatihtae farms/ ■ ev8h • to
the. dtftri& of Nordland, beybnd ©rtotheimpea^
fometokundred runstofharleytofedd,^ arfthafc<e#a £ood Mid/
thbi hot'equal to the : iyeV;of uthis:part o f the Odunrty^whkM E
accounted preferable to that of Poland ? Rhii-.feftfi% Norway,
qren;;in. its:: modimorthermProvkces,: a^fattds 'Knmarfej -to thfe'
„-^Ihrdegre^Ocanirot
B fom,;fmce a line being drawn from the.midd of this -fruitfWi pro-
viheb of Ndrdland,. that/is, from, tfcb didridfo&Salfeny -eadward1
ove? -.the; mountain Rolen, into
Lgppjark,; orit ©rfenjmore to the fputh, r tto country
barren wade, tho’, according- to Mr. Hogifttok’s mod
arkkutheniac defcriptiop;iof :Swevdiflr Lapland/ lately^pufeliflild
colonies, -or; nek inhabitants, haveyat the pofotokarg^i'tod by
order; of f e r k pirtr
, I f we recolleft the wéather from theyear 1740 to the prides W 1747 it mnfl-
b.e allowed Tery extraordinary.j The winiefs Were long andrfevere,’ -the fummers hire
moderate, with little rain in-many places, an almoft, continual ftrong wind at ntfr.fih-,
eaft. It were- to be. wilhed that the naniralifts wotrld favour tWpuhlic WitK their
thoughts on fp. mterefting a fubjeft. Hamb. Mag. B. 1., .- aorfliv/ k\rfCoffj
For
, <FortheJêktife ;èft fweh a gfkt 'dafefend©, inJipoint of fertility, at
kt ëqhAltd^^tïcé frdm the tóe, thé r^def 'fouft'be referred :to
what I fhi,T€°fa?i4 in the fed Chapiter, Seót. VL eoficerhkg'the
di’ffkehéfe-of the cold-arid Wa-rrhth, tto“&^pAdfimi]4 air to the
diööeles'’ df lA^géfhiïüs and-Bergen, ikMh, thg «ftianhbftl^ m a
parallel ®afedM, iof ööldaiid-héat, iSS -if
.'ffiéy were fiiÉiéfté'ïéh -aëgf,elsifediii1' ^öh:offiirii' I'have
.ïfèfóte'cfofërVed/to Hfe hè vraffii h^péilrs öf the
fea, wfiich, Ipre.adiiig-thèfefewlyt^ër tlie weftern- fidé, ‘»fiiödëMfê
the '-vVib.^Tf' thöèj 'hnd’hivë ;ffle ffame^ëffèéli Jih k l :tkè rnaiidmodi-
Ïtfkïs, t*5 a 'Httodred' i^öi^ay toilëA-north'hPMf^eri fö that in
friiitfulrfé&, N'cfrdfend ’-ferpaBes ewh this diëééfe, though with thé,
additional aÖVamagë^'bètört ^fflës^Md larger traö-s for- tillage*}
Whefe'a's, S\feèdifh LapffiÉ, '#niéh lies in a difëïï lmè behind Nërd^
fenti, ds depid^d löf'thÉe^ivariri -vapoürs *by 'the ILodén range ®f
ihöimtahts, whith intercepts them,- as Fikfiéld dods in the dioeefè
o f (Bdr^to:'J '’
ot Mötdftód, tKé hfièft forii^iöl ptëvirièès to bhë
diöëcfe öf 'Öroödieim, k ë 4tó®érMërté aM ^hWinöièd^ly ‘m -Éïaï
df^èrgéri, Sögnifidrd "and Ystas ; in that kfXShfiffiaiiÉfid, Jed-
Öcren, Ryefyïk,- Raabygdelag, _ and the fordlhip- ctf-'Nédenhs^ dn
ïhè diöbëfe b f AggethriÜs, Heddrriaik ; w tó k Ja¥d3ft(S: toJthè
lead inftrióftbrthe bed cbrn countries in Herimkk'; -and bëiidès
thefe, aïe Hadeland, ï ’oten/ Romerige, Ringerige, aöd Gulbrandf-
Hale; AH ihëfe tértifo^s nfoalfy ydkï^airi eriöüghytooFëfilyd^:
tHe toppdrt öf dièii inhabitants, büt ;a krge 'ferplüs, Vihrito!they
difpofd+Sf ahiorigdhèrr toaghfediirs, and-bvëntoriéng thë ^ypdos.
On the other hand, ;in many plaées-, ia third or.hkrtfodf'the to-
habitants -arfe hot in-k tapacityï ^Ikying up % to<fe8a8yM^uah#^j
which deficiency, however, is otherwifeTCQmpenfatod to-.diem.
ït is mÖrèdvèy0;''i^markable, that ;the corn-igtotgids throtjghput NorWayi
fhe- dioeëfè-of Bergen, which, t«*a aeetom3^ 3the»mariy mountains^
to,s,lni^toe, ybitf m
- aüabêns, qükiiqilam pér fe
TUifique prpducit 'hyé&iém tëthpferstaïn.” A<!i!4 Med. Üdfn. ”^ L %
Part I. D d
fruitful than.
PiPHin^i
agiiie.
are