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animals of chase, found in the northern forests ; and of 

 that curious little animal, the lemming, the periodical 

 migrations of which have excited so much curiosity and 

 speculation. 



The birds which came under my personal observation, are 

 likewise treated of, as well as all those pertaining to Sweden 

 and Norway : the reader is therefore presented with a 

 complete, though necessarily succinct account of the Scan- 

 dinavian Ornithology. 



A pretty full account is given of the fresh-water fishes. 

 Several of these which are unknown to us in England will 

 be found drawn from life by a celebrated artist, which 

 portraits to Ichthyologists may be of some value. 



In one chapter devoted exclusively to the natural history 

 of the salmon, the reader will find some curious speculations 

 which may tend to clear up several debateable matters which, 

 for a long period, have puzzled the brains of naturalists ; 

 and in another chapter the lover of the angle will find 

 information which may be of service to him, should he 

 direct his course to Northern Europe. 



The reader is also made acquainted with many of the 

 devices resorted to in Scandinavia for entrapping as well 

 birds and beasts, as the finny tribe ; the nature of which, 

 by the aid of the accompanying diagrams, will be readily 

 understood. Some of the devices are curious and ingenious 

 enough, and for the most part, I believe, quite unknown in 

 England. 



One chapter is devoted to the Asiatic Cholera, the dire 



