INDEX. 



Vitriol, might be had in great plenty in 



Norway, I. 204. 

 Ulke, the Sea-fcorpion, Scorpius marinus, II. 



160. 

 Undelin, Peter, his defcription of Norway, 



I. S 9 . 



w. 



Waas, called the Northern Italy, I. 64. 



Waggons, not ufed in Norway, except on 

 the frontiers, I. 102. 



Wallis, Dr. his account of the Iflands of 

 Orkney, I. 17. Note. 



Water, fluid in the North, when it is 

 frozen in the Southern latitudes, I. 14. 



Water-beetles, II. 49. 



Water-falls, from the rocks, I. 93, & feqq. 



Water-flea, II. 49. 



Water-snakes, Vandflanger^feveral fathoms 

 long, II. 38. 



Water-spout, or Tromp de mer, an ac- 

 count of it, I. 34. 



Weaving, method of, ufed in Norway, II. 

 273, 274. 



Whale, fee Hval-fifk. 



Wheat, and Buck-wheat, grow in Norway, 

 but not in many places there, I. 107. 



Whey, the common drink of the peafants in 

 Norway, II. 5. 



WiLD-DucKSof various kinds, II, 66, & feqq- 1 



Wilster, M. brought grapes almoft to ma- 

 turity, in his garden at Chriftiana, II. 22. 



[Windows, feldom feen in the peafants houfes 

 in Norway, II. 277. 



Winds, regular and irregular in Norway, I. 

 32, & feqq. Eafl wind moft falubrious in 

 that country, ibid. 



Winter, mild in the Weftern parts of Nor- 

 way, and the froft feldom fevcre or lad- 

 ing, I. i§. Efpecially about Bergen, 14. 

 Natural caufe of this mildnefs, 15, & feqq. 

 Winter fifhery, ibid. 



Wolf, the plague of Norway, II. 17. De- 

 fcribed ibid. & feqq. Several methods of 

 deftroying Wolves, II. 19. 



Wolfius, obferves that the length of days in 

 the North during Summer, makes it warmer 

 than in more Southerly climates, I. 21. Note. 

 His opinion concerning the air, 25. 



WoMENsdrefs in Norway, II. 275. 



Wood, greater quantity of it is left to rot in 

 Norway than is confumed in Denmark, I. 

 138. 



Woods, thofe of Norway treated of, 1. 136. 



Wood-lice, II. 48. 



Woodward, Dr. his theory of the earth, 

 I. 16. His opinion adopted by the author, 

 50. Preferable to that of Burnet or Whifton, 

 ibid. ' Combated by Elias Camerarius and 

 M. Buffon, ibid. The author's reafons for 

 adopting it, ibid, & feq. 



Worms, a fmall fort of, fuppofed to be brought 

 into Norway by fogs, II. 43. Another fort 

 of fmall Worms that fall with the fnow, 44. 

 Defcribed, ibid. & feqq. That opinion re- 

 jected by fome, 45. Adopted by the au- 

 thor, 46, Sea worm, 51. 



FINIS. 



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A. 



Part I. p. 195. 1. 17. for animal read annual. 

 II. p. 196. 1. 2. for Kraken read Sea Snake. Part II. p 

 land. Part II, p, 40 I, 3. Note, for dumb read mute. 



Part II. p. 59. 1. 28. dele in. Part 

 4. 1; 3. for Illand read Ice- 



