NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 35 



ably confifted of the water, which that fpiral cloud had a little 

 before exhaled from the fea ** 



Filled with aftonifhment at the many and ftupendous works of Cand&fio*, 

 the Almighty (efpecially in the air and its phenomena) I clofe 

 this fubjecl with his own words in the xxxviiith chapter of Job, 

 verfe 24, &c. By what way is the light parted which fcattereth{ 

 the eafl wind upon the earth f Who hath divided a water- courf 

 for the overflowing of waters, vr a way for the lightening of thun-^ 

 der f To caufe it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the 

 wildernefs, wherein is no man f To fatisfy the deflate and wafle' 

 ground, a?id to caufe the bud of the tender herb to fpring forth f 

 Hath the rain a father f or who hath begotten the drops of the 

 dew? out of whofe womb canie the kef and the hoary fr oft of 

 heaven, who hath gettdered it f 



CHAPTER II. 



Of the foils and mountains of Norway, 



SecT.I. Of the foil of Norway in general. S e c t. II. Several kinds of foil % 

 as mould, clay, J and, turf, mud, &c. Sect. III. Two kinds of mountains, 

 Sect. IV. Extenfve chains of v aft mountains, as Koelen, S eve berg, Dofre > 

 and Filefield. Sect. V. Many leJJ'er mountains in all the provinces. 

 Se ct. VI. Deep and long cavities, like fe ere t pa f ages, in fome mountains , 

 with conjectures on the origin of them. Sect. VII. EjfeSl of the deluge in 

 diffolving and foftening Jubftances, which are at prefent of the hardejl kind, 

 but appear manifejlly to have been/oft heretofore. Sect. VIII. The origin of 

 mountains, rocks, and fmaller ftones, deduced from the foregoing argument. 

 Sect. IX. Detri?nent offo many rocks and mountains to Norway. Sect. X» 

 Advantages of them, according to the wife and bountiful defign of the Creator. 



SECT. I. 



'HE diverfity which I have fliewn in refpedr. to the air, of the earth 

 light, heat, cold, rains, and winds of Norway, is no lefs Noway in 

 obfervable in the various foils of the earth, in the mould, fand, generaL 



* Mr. Lucas Debes, p. 12, of his Defcription of Ferro, fays, that fuch a. cloud, 

 amonft the Greeks, called Typhon, and among the northern people Oes, for it ab- 

 forbs the water, making a deep vortex in the fea, drew up fome lafts of herrings, 

 and afterward dropt them on Kolter, a mountain about twelve hundred feet in 

 height, page 14. He imagines that it is thefe Oefes which in Norway attract ftones, 

 flelh, mice, and, what is more remarkable, lambs, and afterwards throw them down 

 again ; of which a farther account will be given in its place. 



Part I. L rocks,- 



