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THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



AT R JV A T. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER L 



Of the Air and its Phenomena. 



Sect. I. Of the climate of Norway, and diverftty of the atmofphere in ge?ieral. 



Sect- II. Of the day-light and le?igth thereof Sect. III. Of the aurora 



borealis, and fea-light, in the night. Sect. IV. The winter very mild and 

 feldom fever e, or lafting, on the weft fide. Sect. V. The wife and bountiful 



defign of providence in this. Sect. VI. Natural caufe of it. Sect. VII. 



The winter moft fever e in the eafiem parts. Sect. VIII. Cautions and pre- 

 fervatives againjl it. Sect. IX. Violent heats in fummer, and their caufes. 



Sect. X. Falfe notions of foreigners cojicerning the air of Norway. Sect. 



XI. The property of that air with refpeSl to health and ficknejs. Sect. XII. 



Rains, and a humid air, on the weft ft de. Sect. XIXI. Advantages arifmg 

 ■ from thence agreeably to the dejigns of the Creator. Sect. XIV. Difference 



of weather in countries contiguous to each other. Sect. XV. Deep fnows, 



efpecially on the mountains, together with the advantages and detriment thereof 



Sect. XVI. Regular and irregular winds. 



SECT. I. 



H E air, together with the light, warmth, humidity, The di ™*J 

 and other properties thereof, varies much more in Norway a^ofphere 

 than in moll European countries. This may well be con- 

 cluded, without perfonal experience, from the vaft extent 

 of the country, of 300 Norway- miles * from cape Lindefnaes fouth, 



* The common miles of Norway are computed to be about one fourth larger than 

 a German mile, at which rate they are near equal to five or fix meafured Englifh 

 miles. 



B . to 



