WATER AND THE OCEAN 



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EUland to Denmark and to Sweden, and back a^ain without 



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leafl danger 



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But according to S^mund Frode -f- even the 



great German Ocean between Denmark and Norway was frozen 

 in the year 1048, fo that the Wolves frequently ran over the ice 

 from one country to the other. The great Northern Ocean is like- 

 wife moil certainly fometimes frozen to a great diflance from any 

 land, for Muller J relates, that in the year 171 5 a Cofsack called 



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Markoff 



ICE 



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■* 111 1296 the Baltic was frozen from Gothland to Sweden. (Incertl melons Annalcs Bcnor. 



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1392,) 



In 1306, the Baltic was during- fourteen weeks covered with ice, between all the Dan'fli 



and Swediih iflands. (Ludivig reliquio'. MSStor. t. IX. p. 170.) 



lii 1323, there was a road for foot pafTcngcrs and horfemen over the ice on the Baltic dur- 

 i'ng fix weeks, (id. ihuL ) 



I" 13495 people walked -over the ice from Stralfund to Denmark. (Inccrtl an£l, clt. ap. 

 JLud-Mig, t, IX. p. 171.) 



In^i4o8, the whole fea .between Gothland and Oeland, and like wife between Roftack 

 and Gezoer v/ere frozen, id. ibid. 196. 



In 1423, the ice bore riding from PruiTia to Lubeck. (Cranfzii Fcuulal. I. X. c. 40.) The 



whole fca was covered with Ice from Mecklenburg to Denmr.rk. (Inccrt, aucl. at. Lud-^jc. 

 t. IX. p. 125.) ' 



In 1 46 1, (fays Nlcol. Marcfchallus in annal. Hcrul. ap, WeJlphaJ. t. T. p. 261.) Tanta eraf 



hyems, ut concreto gelu oceano plaullris miUia paffuum fupra COG mcrces ad ultimam Thy- 

 len, (Iceland) &c Orcades veherentur e Germania tota pene bruma. 



In 1^45, the fca between Roftock and Denmark, and likewlfe between Fiouia and Sea- 

 land was thus frozen, that the people travelled over the ice on foot, and with fledges to 

 which horfcs and oxen were pat. (/ino>fjm ap. Lud^Mlg. t. IX. p. lyC-i.) ' 



^ In 1294, the Cattegat or fea between Norway and Denmark was frozen, that from 0::sIo 



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Thefe hiftorical notes were communicated to me, by Prof. Thunman at Hall" in Saxouv 

 and fent .ne by the Rev. Dr. Buying, for which communications I return my beft thanks. " 



t S^mund Frode apud Thormcd. Torf^um. Serie Dynail.' regntn Dmice. H.f\u^ 4^.. 

 1705. p. 41. 



i Mailer's Pvuffifchc Samlun^en, vol. III. p. 4 1, 



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