INDEX. 



I. 98. Grows very thick there, 102. Ripe 



in Lapland in 58 days from the fowing- 



time, 101. 

 Coruscation of the Sea-water by night, 



caufed by certain Animalcula, I. 74, j$. 

 Cows, of a fmall fize in Norway, I. 108. 



Kept in great numbers by the Pealants, ibid. 



Live upon Cods-heads and Fiih-bones in 



fome places, II. 5. Feed upon the bones 



of their own fpecies, ibid. Peafants give 



them a little fait once a day, 6. 

 Crabs, Cancri marini, of various forts, de- 



fcribed, II. 175, & feqq. 

 Crystal found in great quantities in Norway, 



I. 169. Several curious pieces of it in the 



author's poneffion, 1 70. Mother of cryftal, 



171. Formation of it, ibid. 

 Cummin grows wild in Norway, I. 114. 



D. 



Danes incorporated with the Norwegians fince 

 the union of Colmar, II. 237. The terms 

 of that union, ibid. 



Dantilas, Mr. his account of a very re- 

 markable ftone, I. 177. 



Dapper, Odoard, his voyage to Africa, I. 26. 



Day-light and length of day at Bergen, I. 2. 

 A table of the increafe and decreafe of it for 

 the horizon of Bergen, 3. 



Debes, Luke, his authority queftioned by the 

 author, I. 34. Note. His account of a cloud 

 called Oes, 35. Note. His ftrange account 

 of a frefh-water lake, j6. Note. Three 

 Vortices in Feroe defcribed by him, yy, & 

 feqq. His account of the increafe of corn, 

 100. Note. Relates that the fheep eat one 

 another's wool when covered with fnow, II. 

 6. His account of the ftrange method of 

 taking the Sea-fowl, 60, & feqq. 



Deer, almoft deftroyed by the wolves in Ofter- 

 landet, II. 9. Their manner of crofting 

 broad lakes or rivers, ibid. 



Depths, unfathomable, I. 6S. 



Derham, Mr. highly commended by the au- 

 thor, I. Pref. VI. His Phyfico-Theology 

 quoted, I. 16. Note, & paftim. Referred 

 to by the author to aflift our meditations, 65. 



Desaguliers, Dr. his diflertation on electri- 

 city, I. 8, 9. 



Diet of the Norwegians, II. 266, & feqq. 



Diseases, an account of thofe that are moft 

 frequent in Norway, II. 261, & feqq. 



Diversity of weather in parts contiguous to 

 each other, I. 27. Common to Norway 

 with other mountainous countries, 28. 



Dofre-field, the higheft mountain in Nor- 

 way, if not in all Europe, I. 41. Com- 

 puted to be half a Norway mile in perpen- 

 dicular height from the level of the plain, 

 42. 



Dog, remarkable fidelity of, I. 112. 



Dogs trained up to hunt Sea-fowl, II. 60. Of 



feveral kinds in Norway, 8, 

 DoivfM-HERRE, the Coccothraus, a bird with 



a melodious voice refembling an organ, II. 



6 9 . 

 Dragon, or Serpent, with feven heads, feen 



by the author, II, 37, 38. Is ftill to be 



feen at Hamburg, ibid. 

 Dress of the Norwegians defcribed, II. 268 * 



&feq. 

 Drossel, theThrufh, Turdus, II. 69. Com- 

 prehends many fpecies, ibid. 

 Ducats of Norway -gold ftruck* I. 179. 



Spectacle ducats, what, ibid. 

 Due, Pigeons, of feveral forts in Norway, 



II. 6 9 . 

 Dybrende, i. e. deep courfes defcribed, I. 69* 



E. 



Eagle-Stones, I. 176. Why fo called, ibid; 



Easy way of travelling upon the lakes and 

 rivers in Norway during winter, I. 96. 



Edder-down, fine duck feathers, II. 71. 



Edder-fugl, the wild duck defcribedj IL 

 70, & feqq. 



Egde, the Nightingale, Lufcinia, II. 72. 



Electricity, fuppofed by "the author to be 

 the cau fe of the Aurora Borealis, I. 10. 



Elk, a kind of deer, defcribed, II, 9, 10. 



Elve-konge, the Owzel, Merula, II. 72. 



Elven, a general name for rivers in the old 

 northern languages, I. 90. 



Elveritze, a fmall fifh, II. Ho. 



English, partial to their own country, II. 5; 

 Note. A colony of Englifh in Norway, 

 238. The apoftles or firft inftruclors of the 

 Norwegians in the chriftian Faith, ibid. 

 Built the firft churches in Norway, ibid. 



Erle, a bird defcribed, II. 72. 



Ermine, Hermelian, defcribed, II. 24, 2£. 

 Its blood good for the epilepfy, 25. Note. 



Esquimaux, a people in America, fuppofed 

 to be defcended from the Cambri, who fail'd 

 to that country under the command of 

 MadoCjII. 236. The author thinks they are 

 defcended from the Norwegians, 234, 235. 



Exorcism, a form of one ufed by the Romifli 

 clergy, II. 33. 



F, 



Note. Fugl, fignifies a fowl or bird, Fisk a 

 Fish, and Field a mountain. 



Fabulous, account of geefe or ducks faid to 

 grow on trees, II. 52. True account of that 

 phcenomenon that gave rife to it, ibid. & 

 feqq. Fabulous accounts of the mermaid, 

 186, 187. 



Falk, the Falcon, Accipiter* II. 72. Twenty- 

 feven different forts of Falcons, ibid. 



Faster, a fort of ftrolling gipfies in Nor- 

 way, II, 225, 



Fertility-, 



