GENERAL INDE 



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The Matters contain'd in the 



NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



The Numerical Letters denote the Part,, the Figures the Pages. 



A. 



AAL, the Eel, Anguilla, II. 107. 

 Aalequabbe, the Lamprey, II. 108. 



Aarfugl, Urogallus, or Tctrao Minor, the 

 Growfe defcribed, II. 64. 



Aaski^r-niot, the Gurnard a fifh, II. 108. 



Aborre, the Perch, II. 108. 



Accident, unhappy and lingular, an account 

 of, I. 93 , 94 . 



Agates, of feveral kinds found in Norway, 

 I- 173- 



Agriculture, a particular account of, as 

 pradifed in Norway, I. 101, & feqq. 



Air varies much in different parts of Nor- 

 way, I. 1, & feq. 



Akerloe, a bird, II. 65. 



Aker-rixe, or. Wag-tail, II. 65. 



Alk, a bird pewfftiar to Norway, II. 66. 



Allike, the Jack-daw, Monedula, II. 65. 



Allum, found in abundance in Norway, I. 

 204. 



Amazonian Republic in the North, II. 223. 



Amethists found in Norway, I. 172. 



Amianthus, or Afbeftos defcribed, I. 168. 

 Ufed for wick in lamps, ibid. Method of 

 preparing ftone-filk from it, ibid, and 169. 

 A rock of it, 89. 



Amphisb/ena, a Serpent with two heads, II. 



Anderson : his defcription of Iceland, I. 71. 

 An ingenious naturalift, 149. 



Antiquity, a remarkable piece of in the nar- 

 row pafs of Naeroe, I. 58. Note. 



Ants, with and without wings, II. 48. 



-hillocks : a refin found in them but 



Part II. 



little inferior to the oriental, call'd Norfk- 



Virak, II. 49. 

 Arbuthnot, Dr. his treatife of the effeds of 



air, I. ^ Note. 

 Asers, an Afiatic people fettled in Norway, 



II. 223. Probably expelled out of Afia by 



Pompey, ibid. 

 Aske-smittel, a balfam well known in Nor- 

 way, I. 139. 

 Aurora Borealis and fea-lights, I. 4. Cap-' 



tain Heitman's fentimenta concerning them, 



5, & feq. The author's opinion concerning 



the northern light, 8, & feqq. 

 Author : his account of the fources from 



whence he drew the materials of this work, 



I. Pref. XL & feqq. 



B. 



Badger, Brock or Greving, II. 28. 



Baking-stone, I. 166. 



Barley, produced in Norway, I. 195. Af- 

 firmed by fome to degenerate into Oats, 

 106. 



Bear, Biorn : two forts of Bears, II. 12. 

 Particular properties of the Bear, 13. Dan- 

 gerous time of meeting it, ibid. Knows a 

 pregnant woman, and will ftrive to get the 

 foetus, ibid. Its manner of feeding and at- 

 tacking its prey, 14. Will not touch a 

 dead carcafe, ibid. Has never been known 

 to hurt a child, ibid. Its prudence and dif- 

 cretion, 15. Lies the whole winter in a re- 

 treat, without food or water, 16. 



Bear- fish, Fifk-biorn, a fea infed, II. 50. 



Beaver, Bzevar, Caftor, II. 26. Its wonder- 

 ful contrivance in building, ibid, & 27. 

 Ffff Bees, 



