THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



NO R WAT. 



PART II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Four-footed Beafts, or Quadrupedes. 



Sect. I. Norvegian Horfes. Sect. II. Oxen and Cows. Sect. III. Sheep and 

 Goats. Sect. IV. Swine, Dogs and Cats. Sect. V. The Deer, the Roe- 

 buck, Stag, Hares and Rabbits. Sect, VI. The Elk and Rein-deer. Sect* 

 VII. Bears. Sect. VIII. Wolves. Sect. IX. The Lynx. Sect. X. Foxes. 

 Sect. XI. The Glutton. Sect. XII. The Marten. Sect. XIII. Squirrels. 

 Sect. XIV. Ermines. Sect. XV. Beavers. Sect. XVI. Otters. Sect. 

 XVII. Badgers. Sect. XVIII. Porcupines and Moles. Sect. XIX. Rats 

 and Mice. Sect. XX, Leming. 



SECT. I. 



H E four elements, and the inanimate creatures of 

 Norway, have been defcribed in the firft part of this 

 Natural Hiftory : I now come to the defcription of 

 thofe endued with animal life; the quadrupedes, 

 reptiles and infers, birds, fifties j and to the confideration alfb 

 of the human fpecies. Speaking of quadrupedes (or four-footed 

 beafts) I ihall firft defcribe the tame, and thofe deftin'd for the 

 fervice of mankind : among thefe firft is to be confidered the 

 horfe *• 



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* I obferve, in ciaffing the beafts, the rule which Monfieur Buffon, in his Hift. Nat. 

 T. i. Difc. i. p. 33. calls the molt natural. He founds it upon the fervice mankind 



have 



