86 THE NATURALIST IN NORWAY. 



ejus, et Spiritum Sanctum ab utroque procedentem, ut 

 confestim recedatis ab his campis, seu vineis, vel aquis, 

 nee amplius in eis habitatis, sed ad ea loca trans eatis in 

 quibus nemini nocere possitis, et ex parte Dei Omnipo- 

 tentisy et totius curice coelestis, et Ecclesice Sanctce Dei, 

 vos maledicens, quocunque ieritis sitis maledidi, de- 

 ficientes de die in diem et decrescentes quatenus reliquiae 

 de vobis nullo in loco inveniantur; quod prcestare dignetur 

 qui venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos et sceculum per 

 ignem. Amen. Oremus" 



Various conjectures have been formed as to what 

 becomes of the lemmings when, after their migration, 

 they have arrived at the end of their wanderings. 

 Some persons suppose that when they arrive at the 

 seaside, they enter the water and, swimming out to 

 sea, are drowned. It is most likely that when they 

 come in sight of the sea, they get a glimpse of the 

 islands in the distance, off the Norwegian coast, and 

 swimming out to them, their strength fails them, and 

 they are drowned. 



The lemming constructs a snug little nest of blades 

 of dry grass and bits of straw, which she lines with the 

 hair from her own body ; she brings forth five or six 

 young ones at a birth, and breeds several times in the 

 year. When migrating, she carries as many of her 

 offspring as she can in her mouth and on her back. 



