GENERAL INDEX 



O F 



The Matters contain'd in the 



NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



The Numerical Letters denote the Part, the Figures the Pages. 



A. 



AAL, the Eel, Anguilla, II. 107* 

 AalEquabbe, the Lamprey, II. 108. 



Aarfugl, Urogallus, or Tetrao Minor, the 

 Growfe defcribed, II. 64. 



Aaski^er-niot, the Gurnard a fifh, II. 108. 



Aborre, the Perch, II. 108, 



Accident, unhappy and lingular, an account 

 of, I. 93, 94. 



Agates, of feveral kinds found in Norway, 

 I. 173. 



Agriculture, a particular account of, as 

 practifed in Norway, I. 10 1, & feqq. 



Air varies much in different parts of Nor- 

 way, I. 1, & feq. 



Akerloe, a bird, II. 65. 



Aker-rixej or Wag-tail, II. 65. 



Alk, a bird peculiar to Norway, II., 66. 



Allike, the Jack-daw, Monedula, II. 65. 



Allum, found in abundance in Norway, I. 

 204. 



Amazonian Republic in the North, II. 223. 



Amethists found in Norway, I. 172. 



Amianthus, or Afbeftos defcribed, I. 168. 

 Ufed for wick in lamps, ibid. Method of 

 preparing flone-filk from it, ibid, and 169. 

 A rock of it, 89. 



Amphisb^ena, a Serpent with two heads, II. 



37- 



Anderson : his defcription of Iceland, I. 71. 

 An ingenious naturalift, 149. 



Antiquity, a remarkable piece of in the nar- 

 row pafs of Naeroe, L 58. Note. 



Ants, with and without wings, II. 48. 



Ant-hillocks : a refin found in them but 

 Part II, 



little inferior to the oriental, call'd Norflc- 

 Virak, II. 49. 



Arbuthnot, Dr. his treatife of the effects of 

 air, I. 33. Note. 



Asers, an Afiatic people fettled in Norway, 

 II. 223. Probably expelled out of Alia by 

 Pompey, ibid. 



Aske-smittel, a balfam well known in Nor- 

 way, I. 139. 



Aurora Borealis and fea-lights, I. 4. Cap- 

 tain Heitman's fentiment« concerning them, 

 5, & feq. The author's opinion concerning 

 the northern light, 8, & feqq. 



Author : his account of the fources from 

 whence he drew the materials of this work, 

 I. Pref. XI. & feqq. 



B. 



Badger, Brock or Greving, II. 28. 



Baking-stone, I. 166. 



Barley*, produced in Norway, I. 105. Af- 

 firmed by fome to degenerate into Oats, 

 106. 



Bear, Biorn : two forts of Bears, II. 12. 

 Particular properties of the Bear, 13. Dan- 

 gerous time of" meeting it, ibid. Knows a 

 pregnant woman, and will ftrive to get the 

 foetus, ibid. Its manner of feeding and at- 

 tacking its prey, 14.' Will not touch a 

 dead carcafe, ibid. Has never been known 

 to hurt a child, ibid. Its prudence and dif- 

 cretion, 15. Lies the whole winter in a re- 

 treat, without food or water, 16. 



Bear-fish, Fifk-biorn, a fea infect, II. 50. 



Beaver, Bsevar, Caftor, II. 26. Its wonder- 

 ful contrivance in building, ibid. & 27.. 

 F'fff Bees, 



