NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY, 19 



travelled to church, or on ecclefiaftical affairs. But the bifhop 

 got the better of this prejudice, on being taken over the ice by 

 this very minifter, on one of his vifitation journies. They were 

 in expectation of feeing a Wolf, which accordingly appear'd. 

 The bifhop, at fight of him, began to be frighten' d, and afk'd 

 Mr. Kolbiorn if he had not his gun j and, from this day, he was 

 convinced that it was both neceffary and becoming. * To deftroy Mannerofde. 

 the Wolves we ufe the fame means as againft the Bears ; inftru- ftro>insthem ' 

 ments to blow them up, charg'd guns, laid by a carcafe, that go 

 off with the leaft touch ; which is called Gildre, and is fpoke of 

 in the Norvegian Law Book, p. 834. Sometimes, tho', at pre- 

 fent, not very often, they have recourfe to what they call Ulve 

 Huer : thefe are very deep and fteep holes, dug in the ground, 

 with a narrow place to pafs through, and hid with a falfe cover, 

 like a trap door, which falls down, and ihuts up again of itfelf. 

 In thefe pits the Wolf is fbmetimes found in a corner, along with 

 other beafts, whom, out of fear, he does not touch ; and it fbme- 

 times happens that the peafants, having fallen in the trap, are 

 found there, fitting along with him : for this reafbn, there are 

 ftricl: orders to give notice in all the neighbourhood, when and 

 where fuch an ulve huer is dug. 



Another way of deftroying them is by means of a fort of 

 yellow mofs, found upon the fir-trees, which has a poifonous 

 quality ; this is always fatal to Wolves ; it is put into a carcafe 

 and laid for them. In fbme places in this province, where thera 

 is found an Eid, that is, a fmall ifthmus, or any other narrow 

 paffage, we are ufed to tie a ftraw rope a-crofs, which the Wolf 

 at firft avoids ; tho' fbme fay it is not long before it becomes fa- 

 miliar to it, and then he lofes the fear. 



Some people make a powder of dried Wolf's flefh, and fay it 

 is good to create an appetite ; whether it is fb, or not, I do 

 not pretend to know ; but that Wolves, as well as foxes lungs 

 are good for a confumption, is to be concluded from the pectoral 

 iyrup as is fold at the apothecaries, by the name of Loch de 

 pulmone vulpis; wherein the principal ingredients are Wolves 

 and foxes lungs, tho' there are many other things. We may alfb 

 look for the virtues of Wolves lungs in Paracelfi qualitatibus 

 occultis ; but this now meets with but little approbation. 



Formerly the moft valiant of our heroes in this country made 

 their doublets, or cloaks of war, called here Beerfercke, of 



* To frighten the Wolf and bears from the herds, the lhepherdefTes have a horn 

 to blow, which is heard a great way ; and on hunting the Wolves, they ufe the fame, 

 as well as pipes and drums. 



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