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that I can have no doubt of their belong- 

 ing to one genus. Their bill is flat, and 

 black at the extremity, as well as the mar- 

 gins, convex and somewhat angular in the 

 middle, so far at least that the swelling 

 part terminates in an angle. The middle 

 is fleshy, where the oblong nostrils are si- 

 tuated; the base flat or quadrangular, with 

 two sinuses pointing upwards, and pale-co- 

 loured. The margin is toothed just hke the 

 Concha Veneris {Ci/praa)* 



A carnage called Stötting is used here, 

 for bringing home wood for fuel in winter, 

 over the ice and snow. It is made of birch- 

 wood, and resembles a sledge. 



The leno;th of this machine from a to b 

 is three feet and a half, the breadth of each 

 beam four inches and a half; their thick- 

 ness two inches, except in the middle, at d, 

 where it is three inches and a half, though 

 in all the other parts of equal dimensions. 

 The transverse bar, c, is one foot and a half 

 long, three inches and a half broad, and is 

 elevated four inches above the longitudinal 



