96 NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



middle of the ftream, where it is joined with another connection 

 of malls from the oppolite fide, and this without any other ce- 

 ment than their contact, fo that in the paflage over it, efpecially 

 in the middle, the bridge appears to fwing, which, to thofe who 

 are not ufed to it, appears fo dangerous, that they alight- from their 

 horfes till they imagine themfelves out of danger. 



SECT. XVI. 



tta£eii7n ay in f ^e beft paflage in winter is by the rivers, efpecially up the 

 the frdiT ° n countrv ' As they are every where deeply frozen, the peafants find 

 water. a verv g rea t conveniency in them for conveying their goods to the 

 towns in their fledges, carriage being fcarce practicable over the 

 heights of the mountains. The travellers are conveyed in thefe 

 fledges with great eafe and expedition, for though the Norway 

 leagues are very long, yet they go fecurely at the rate of one league 

 in an hour. Thefe winter roads, likewife yield an agreeable prof- 

 peel;, in the contraft of the green valleys of pine and fir trees, 

 with the fnow, though the glaring of the latter, efpecially in fun- 

 fhine, foon offends the eye, and here a. piece of crape over the face 

 is of double fervice, as it likewife preferves the fkin from the 

 piercing froft. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Fertility of Norway in variety of Vegetables. 



S E c T. I. Great difference in the nature and quality of the foil S e c t. II. "The 

 Fertility greater than foreigners imagine, and chief y from two caufes. Sect. 

 III. Method of Agriculture and pojjibility of its improvement. Sect. IV. 

 Different kinds of grain, as Rye. Sect. V. Barley. Sect. VI. Oats. 

 Sect. VII. Peas and Vetches. Sect. VIII. Wheat and Buck-wheat. Sect. 

 IX. Hops, Flax and Hemp. Sect. X. Graizing and Hay. Sect. XL 

 Excellent roots and garden vegetables. 



SECT. I. 



Great dif- J RAVING hitherto difcourfed in general of the air, foil, and 

 natu n r c e c ind the £"X water of Norway ; and having under farther confideration, 

 quality of the ^ animate and i nan i ma te fubftances exifting in thofe elements, 



it appears mod regular to proceed to the natural fertility of the 



earth 



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