NORWEGIAN PROVERB. 



wards to the head, the fingers containing the pinch of 

 snuff, still seeking in vain for the absent nose. 



The bear furnishes the Norwegian peasants with 

 the following proverb : " Soelge bjornen's hud forend 

 man liar fan get dem ;" or, "To sell one's bear-skin 

 before it is found/' equivalent to the English saying, 

 " Don't reckon your chickens before they are hatched." 



The white bear is not to be met with in Norway. 



