CONTENTS. IX 



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in Norway. Where Found. The Young. Badger 

 Hams in Norway. Singular Habit of the Badger. The 

 Marten in Norway. Kept in Confinement. The Squirrel 

 in Norway 54 



CHAPTER VHI. 



The Glutton in Norway. Where Found. Its Voracious 

 Appetite. Ancient Writers concerning the Glutton. 

 Its Description. Its Skin. Superstition of Norwegian 

 Peasants. Quackery in Norway. The Glutton in Lap- 

 land. Lapp Method of Deceiving the Glutton. Food 

 of the Glutton. Its Offspring. The Hedgehog in Nor- 

 way. How the Hedgehog Gets Rid of the Bear ... 62 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Otter in Norway. Where Found. Its Description. 

 Its Habits. Its Nest. Its Offspring. Mode of Capture 

 in Norway. Food of the Otter. Bishop Heber's De- 

 scription of a Tame Otter. The Otter in Confinement. 

 The Beaver in Norway. Where Found. Its Descrip- 

 tion. Its Tail. Its Habits. Republican Notions. 

 Food of the Beaver. Its Flesh ......... 69 



CHAPTER X. 



The Lemming. Where Found in Norway. Description 

 of the Animal. Its Habits. An Experiment. Its Re- 

 sults. A Singular Line of Argument. Migration of the 

 Lemming from the North. Cause of the Migration. 

 The Migratory Hordes. What Becomes of Them. 

 Grimalkin and the Lemmings. Pugnacity of the Lem- 

 ming. Its Food. A Plague of Lemmings. Singular 

 Superstitions. Opinions of Ancient Writers. An Exor- 

 cism. The Lemming's Nest 77 



CHAPTER XL 



The Ermine in Norway.- Where Found. Its Skin. A 



b 



