40 NATURAL H I S TORY of NOR WA T. 



" fliore of this river, it proceeded on the dry land to the Spseriler 

 " fea ; it appeared like a mighty maft, and whatever ftood in its 

 u way was thrown down ; even the very trees and huts : the 

 C( people were terrified with his hiffing and frightful roaring ; 

 " and almoft all the filh, in the aforefaid fea, were devoured or 

 " drove away by it. The inhabitants of Odale were fo terrified 

 u at this monfter, that none would venture to go to the fea, to 

 " follow their cuftomary fifhing and wood -trade ; nor would any 

 cc body walk along the more. At the end of the Autumn, 

 " before the waters were frozen, this monfter was feen at a 

 " diftance, and, by its enormous fize, furprized every body ; its 

 " head was as big as an hogfhead, and the thicknefs of its body, 

 a as far as the fame appeared above water, was like a tun ; the 

 " length of the whole body was vaft ; it reached, as far as the 

 " ipeciators could judge, the length of three Norway Dannen- 

 < c trees, and rather exceeded.'' This is the account : Sit fides 

 penes autorem. 



SECT. IV. 



Lizard. The Lizard, called Ogle or Firebeen, and often alfb Fire-fod, 



is here much of the iame ibape, but of various colours, brown, 

 greeniflh, and lrriped. 



The green ones are found in the fields upon the ground; the 

 dark in the cracks and holes of rocks. Ol. Magnus treats, 

 L. xxL c. 28. about the fo called HagedifTer, which is a large 

 Lizard, of which there are many in the caves and holes of the 

 rocks, but are not hurtful or pernicious like Snakes, They are 

 unknown to me ; for what I have feen are but fmall, like the 

 Danifh, and are very different from the Hagediffer in warm 

 countries. 



Toads, Tudfer, and Frogs, Padder, which we call Froer, are 

 here of the known fort, but they are not fo frequent here as in 

 Denmark : I have never feen here any of the finall green Frogs, 

 that will fit on the leaves of trees, and make a noife like the 

 found of a bell. Thefe in Denmark are called Peder Oxes 

 Froer *. 



Snails, Snegle : we have peculiar to this country, feme naked 

 Snails, or without fhells ; thefe are either large and black, or 

 fmall and of an afh-grey ; and are commonly found under old 

 timber, that has laid long on the ground. 



* The common Frogs have this particular in them in this country, that they make 

 a lefs noife or croaking in the fpring, than in any other place ; and according to my 

 own and others obfervations, they are in fome places quite dumb. 



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Frogs. 



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