THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



F 



NO R W A r. 



PART II; 



C H A P T E R fc 



Of Four-footed Beafts, or Quadrupedes. 



Sect. I. Norvegian Horfes. Sect. II. Oxen and Cows. Sect. III. Sheep and 

 Goats. Sect. IV. Swine, Dogs and Cats. Sect. V; The Deer, the Roe- 

 buck, Stag, Hares and Rabbits. Sect. VI. The Elk and Rein-deer. Sect. 

 VII. Bears. Sect. VIII. Wofoes. Sect. IX. The Lynx. Sect. X. Foxes. 

 Sect. XI. The Glutton. Sect. XII. The Marten. Sect. XIII. Squirrels. 

 Sect. XIV. Ermines. Sect. XV. Beavers. Sect. XVI. Otters. Sect. 

 XVIL Badgers. Sect. XVIII. P or cufines and Moles. Sect. XIX. Rats 

 and Mice. Sect. XX. Leming. 



SECT. I. 



| H E four elements, and the inanimate creatures of 

 Norway, have been defcribed in the flrft part of this 

 Natural Hiftory : I now come to the defcription of 

 thofe endued with animal life; the quadrupedes, 

 reptiles and infers, birds, fifties; and to the consideration alio 

 of the human fpecies. Speaking of quadrupedes (or four-footed 

 beafts) I fhall flrft defcribe the tame, and thoie deftin'd for the 

 fervice of mankind : among thefe firft is to be confidered the 

 horfe *. 



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* I obferve, in claffing the beafts, the rule which Monfieur Buffbn, in his Hift. Nat. 

 T, i. Difc, i. p. 33. calls the molt natural. He founds it upon the fervice mankind 



have 



