INDEX. 



Lax, the Salmon, Salmo, II. 131.. Its nou- 

 rishment, ibid. Its breeding- place, ibid. 

 Method of catching it, 132. Its averfion 

 to red colour, ibid, and 133. 

 Lax-kar, what, II. 133. 

 Lax-tite, a water fowl, II. 83. 

 Lead-mines in Norway, I. 201, 20a. 

 Lemming, Mus Norvegicus, II. 30. 

 Leprosy, of three kinds, frequent in Norway, 



II. 262, 263. Defcribed, ibid. 

 Lerke, the Lark, II. 83. 

 Letter to the author concerning a particular 



fort of ftone, I. 174, 175. 

 Linnaeus, his curious observation, I. 101. 



His remarks upon mountain plants, I. 132. 

 Lines, of different forts, forfifhing, defcribed, 



II. 131, 132. 

 List of the authors quoted in this work, I. 



Pref. XXI, &*feqq. Of all the nobility of 



Norway, II. 288. Of Danifh nobility, fet- 

 tled in Norway, ibid. 

 Lizard, Ogle, or Fire-been, II. 40. 

 Loam, fragrant white loam, I. 206. A black 



loam like ink, 205. 

 Lobsters, method of catching them, II. 



173. ■ Vafl numbers exported from Norway, 



and in what manner, ibid. 

 Lodde, the {linking Fifh, II. 134. A mif- 



chievous Fifh in driving away other Fifhes, 



&c. ibid, and 135. 

 Lom, Colymbus Ar&icus, defcribed, II. 83, 



& feqq. 

 Longevity, feveral inftances of, in Norway, 



II. 257, & feqq. 

 Lund, Anas arctica, the Pope, defcribed, H. 



86, 87. 

 Lusus Nature, an abfurdity, I. 54. Several 



pieces of what is fo called found in Nor- 

 way, I. 184. 

 Lynx, Goupe, II. 20. 

 Lyr or Lysse, the Piper, probably the fifh 



call'd Lyra, II. 135. 



M. 



Ma age, Sea-gullsj of various fpecies, II. 87, 

 88. 



Maar, the Marten, defcribed, II. 23, 24. 



Mackarel, Scomber, II. 135. Voracious like 

 the Shark, ibid. Melancholy accident oc- 

 cafioned by Mackarel, 136. Has no air 

 bladder, and yet fwims very quick, ibid. 



Magnet, or Load-ftone, found in great quan- 

 tities in Norway, I. 167. 



Magnus Olufsen, king, why called Bare- 

 foot, II. 273. 



Mail, in Winter, drawn over the fteepeft 

 mountains not far from Bergen, I. 58. 



Marble, of feveral kinds, I. 162, & feqq. 

 Account of the principal forts, 164, 165, 



Mare, no peafant dares keep one about 

 Bergen, II. 2, 3. 



Marienglas, or Ifinglafs, .ufed For windows 

 in Ruffia, I. 172. 



Marmate, a fifh of the Mer-maid fpecies. 

 ll.i 95 . 



Marsvin, the Porpoife, defcribed, II. 136. 



Martimire, M. de la, his account of the 

 copper mines in Norway, I. 196. & feqq. 



Martin, Mr. his defcription of the Weftem 

 iflands of Scotland, well worth perufing, I. 

 149- 



Mead, Dr. an extract, from his treatife de 

 imperio foj^ & lunae, &c. I. yy. Note. 



Mechanic trades not in any repute in Nor- 

 way, II. 280. 



Mer-man and Mer-maid, fee Hav-mand. 



Mile, Norwegian, equal to five or fixEnglifh 

 miles, I. 1. Note. 



Mines, Norwegian, in general, I. 178, 179; 

 Produce of them doubled in Norway for 

 thefe lafl hundred years, ibid. A gold 

 mine difcovered, 179. But foon failed, 

 ibid. Silver mines in Norway, 180, & 

 feqq. Method of difcovering them, 184, 

 185. Great depth of fome mines, 188. 

 The mines of Kongfberg defcribed, 189, 

 190. Copper mines at Roraas, 192, & feqq. 

 Iron mines 199, & feqq. Lead mines, 201, 

 202, 



Miners, their drefs, I. 197. Their revels 

 and dances, 198. 



Mixture, wonderful, in the mountains of 

 Norway, I. 53. 



Mole, Vond, Talpa, II. 28. 



Mort, fee Sey. 



Moskoestrom, a remarkable Phenomenon, 



I. 77. & feqq. 



Moss, Norway over-run with it, I. 147. Se- 

 veral forts of it, Ibid. Treated of particular- 

 ly by Buxbaum, ibid. Note. 



Motives cf the Author for publifhing this 

 work, I. Pref. I. & feqq. . 



Mountains of two forts in Norway, I. 40. 

 the greateft part of that country cover'd 

 with them, ibid. 



Mountain-stoves defcribed, I. 44. 



Mouse, Muus, Mus, white, with red eyes, 



II. 29. 



Mushrooms, and the champignons of feveral 



forts found in Norway, I. 148. 

 Muslin ger, Cockles, Pedtuncli, II. 164. 



N. 



Naper, a fort of Turnip, of a very large fize, 

 II. 114. Inftance of one weighing 27 

 pounds, ibid. 

 Natvake, afmallbird, II. 88. 

 Nebbe-sild, the Needle-fifh, II. 138, x^9- 

 Newen-ogen, the Lamprey, II. 139. 

 Night-raven, Nycticorax, II. 91. , 

 Nobility, antient, of Norway, a lift of, II. 

 288. Danifh fettled there, ibid. 



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