INDEX. 



Hesgiers, a moveable garden, I. no, 

 Hiort, Hans, his letter to the Author, I. 61, 



Note. 

 Hoeg, the Hawk, of three forts, II. 78, 

 Hogman, opinion efpoufed by him, I. 106. 



Note. 

 Hogs, but few in Norway, II. 8. 

 Honey-dew, fabulous account concerning it, 



II. 43, 44. 

 Hops grow in Norway, I. 108. 

 Horn, many northern mountains fo call'd, 



1. 45. Note. And forne in Switzerland, 

 ibid. 



Horn-fisk, the Murasna, a fea-fifh, II. 119. 

 Horr, a fmall frefh- water fifh, II. 118. 

 Horse-Gog, a bird, II. yy, 78." 

 Horses, Norwegian, defcribed, II. 2, 3. The 

 firft perfon that gave them oats in Norway, 



2. Not ufually gelded in Norway, ibid. 

 Their method of fighting With bears, 3. 



House, ftill fubfifting in Norway, in which 

 king Oluf lodged five nights, above 700 

 years ago, I. 143. 



Houses ftand fo high in Ulland and Nordel, 

 that the peafants climb up to them by lad- 

 ders, I. 58. 



Hual-fish or Qual, the Whale, Balsena, di- 

 vided into feveral fpecies, II. 118. The 

 reafon of its growing lefs in fize of late 

 years, 119. Is God's inftrument in driving 

 the Herrings, &c. towards the coaft, ibid. 

 Its form and fhape, 120. Its food, 121. 

 Often harafled by other fifh, 122. Smaller 

 forts- of Whales, 123. 



Huidling, the Whiting, AfTellus candidus, 

 II. 124. Its wonderful property, ibid. 



Hundstigler, the common Stittle-back, Au- 

 Culeatus minor, II. 124, 125. 



Hurricanes and Whirlwinds, I. 34. Call'd 

 by the Norway peafants Ganfkud, ibid. 



Hyernes, Urban, his obfervation on the co- 

 lour of the fea-water, I. 70. 



Hysse, call'd by the Germans Schelfilk, is 

 very like the Whiting, II. 125. 



I. 



Jasper, a fet of tea-cups of it prefented to 

 king Frederick IV. I. 173. 



Ice, in the North-fea, affirmed to be of a blue 

 colour, Peyrere, I. 71. 



Iceland, great quantities of fifh caught 

 there, II. 104. Note. In great want of 

 wood, ibid. 



Jerpe, the Francolin, defcribed, II. yg, 80. 



Jervor Vielfras, Gulo, a creature peculiar 

 to Norway, defcribed, II. 22, 23. 



Igelkier, the Sea-Urcfrin, Echinus Marinus, 

 and Pomum Marinum, a curious fea ani- 

 mal, defcribed, II. 170, & feqq. 



Iglegrass, a noxious root, I. 130. 



Ignes fatui, I, y$. 

 Part II. 



Ignes lambentes, caufe of them conjee^ 



tured, I. y$. 

 Jisgalt, Vulpecula marina, the Sea-fox* II. 



125. 

 Imber, the North Diver, a bird, II. 80. 

 Inundation, a furprifing one of the river 



Galen in Norway, I. 90. 

 Jo-fugl or Jo-Thief, a remarkable bird, II. 



81. 

 Iron, moft abounds in Norway and Sweden, 



I. 88. Tinges moft of the waters there, 

 ibid. Tranfmuted into copper, 195. The 

 procefs, ibid. Chymical analyfis of iron, 



L l 99- 

 Iron mines* a lift of thofe in Norway, I. 



200, 201. 

 Islands, floating, in feveral lakes, I. 92. 

 Jubilee-wedding, a remarkable account of, 



II. 259. 



K. 



Karpe, the Carp, Carpio, II. 125^ 



Karudse, a frefh-water fiih, II. 125. 



Kat Ugle, a kind of Owl, II. 102. 



Ki^eld, a ftrand bird, Red-fhanks, II. 81, 82) 



Kiod-miese, the Black-cap, a bird, II. 82. 



Knurhane, the Gurnard, II. 129. 



Kobbe, or Saelhund, the Sea-calf, Phoca, de- 

 fcribed, II. 125, 126. Manner of taking 

 and killing the Sea-calves, 126, & feqq. 



Kongsberg, famous for filver mines, I. 189." 

 Number of its inhabitants, 190. 



Kraft, profefTor, his obfervations on tne wea- 

 ther, I. 26. Note. 



Krage, a bird of prey, II. 82. 



Kraken, the largeft creature yet known, II. 

 210. Defcribed, 211, & feqq. Confirma- 

 tion of its exiftence, 214, & feqq. The 

 opinion of floating iflands took its rife from 

 the Kraken, ibid. Not entirely unknown 

 to Pliny, 215. Suppofed to be of the Po- 

 lypus kind, or the Stella arborefcens, 215. 



Krikkie, a fea bird, II. 82. 



Krockle, a frefh-water fifh, II. 129. 



Kullebars, a fmall frefh-water fifh, II. 129. 



Kulmund, the golden Salmon, II. 129. 



Kulstrom, a remarkable phaenomenon in the 

 North-fea, I. 87. 



L. 



Lake, the frefh-water Herring, Marasna, II. 

 130. 



Lakes, the principal in Norway, I. 92. Float- 

 ing iflands in fome of them, ibid. 



Landscapes very pleafant in Norway, I. 64, 



Lange, Ling, or the long Cod-fifh, defcribed, 

 II. 130, 131. 



Langivie, a large fea bird, II. 83. 



Lapis Suillus, or Swine-ilone, a production 

 peculiar to Norway, I. 1 68. Called Lapis 

 fcetidus, ibid. 

 G g g g Lax, 



