NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY, i$$ 



reafoning, that thefe being natives of another element will repell 

 fire *. 



I. This is the above-mentioned largefl branch, feven inches plat , e „ XL 

 diameter, but only on one fide, the other being fomewhat fmaller, hence the 



n i number 



io as to form a flat cube. The lefler twigs of an ell high, which according to 



o d '■ . order. 



ftand parallel to each other, and form a pretty intexture, are of 

 the fame figure. The bark or thin rind which may be peeled off 

 is of a carnation colour. The wood is of a clear white and very 

 porous, with orifices large enough to admit a larding-pin without 

 hurting the wood. In what manner the branch terminated, is 

 unknown to me, it being broke towards the end, and without 

 this accident, proportionate expanfion muft have render'd it not 

 only too big for my mufasum, but pofiibly for my houfe. 



II. This piece is two ells in length, and entire, as are all the 

 following. The wood is compact as if without bark or rind, the 

 fpread of the twigs like that of a currant bufh, here and there a 

 little more incurvated, perfe&ly fmooth, of a clear yellow, and 

 towards the tips or ends, as flender as a brittle, with fmall mofly 

 filaments hanging here and there among the twigs. 



III. This is three ells and a half long, with thin and foft twio-s, 

 refembles the artemifia, only expands itfelf more on the fides,' 

 which is ufual in marine trees: In the thicken- part of this branch 

 the wood is pretty firm, with invifible pores, but the twigs to 

 their very extremities are iludded all over with little holies of the 

 bignefs of half a pea, and thefe again fpotted with dark Wes- 

 the general colour is a darkifh brown. In one of the cavities of 

 this branch, I found a fmall white capfula, of a chalky fobflance 

 and in it an fcfeft like a bug, which upon the capfulaV bem* 

 opened was immediately in motion. This branch pretty much 

 refembles thofe mentioned by Wormius, in his MufoL, l ^7 



l^l"7l'?T^T ****** lik -ifeClufiu; 

 Exot. L. v.i. C. 6. In the branches of this kind of marine wood 



dainty to ?he fifc called vX^Wb^ff^& ^T * h " ™ ™^ 

 fea whale, the ftomach whereof being opened waT found w% memions a ***> 

 Bibhothcque Germanique, Tom. XV^ p P T 5 7 Thus a e r on nfr^ 0r t*F"* 

 fluous or unnecefTan, though often difr^garfed JS£^SS^ft * ^ 



which 



