INDEX. 



Fertility of the foil in Norway, I. 96, & 

 feqq. Caufe of it, 100. 



Field-flagers, mountain fqnalls or fudden 

 ftorms, I. 33. 



Figs, ripe in M. Carbiner's garden at Bergen, 

 I. 22. 



Figure, a remarkable one of a ftone on the 

 mountain Suuku, I. 177. 



Figurated ftones, I. 174, & feqq. 



Fish, Norway plentifully fupplied with frefli 

 and fait water fifli, II. 103. Bred in great 

 quantities near the north pole, ibid. Come 

 annually near the fhore to difcharge their 

 fpawn, ibid. Note. Their numbers and pe- 

 regrination, 104. Love the coldeft waters, 

 ibid. Fifli of prey drive the fmallcr and 

 ufeful fort towards the coaft, by the directi- 

 on of providence, ibid. Their order and 

 divifion, 107. Exfanguineous and teftacious, 

 161. 



Fiske-kong, king of the fifli, II. no. 



Fisk-orn, the fifh eagle, II. 90. A remark- 

 able ftory of that bird, ibid. 



Flagger-muus, the bat, IL y^. 



Flax and hemp grow in Norway, I. 108. 



Fleas, Frofk, II. 48. 



Flies, large and fmall in great quantities in 

 Norway, II. 47. 



Flints, none to be found in Norway, I. 169. 



Flye-fisk, the flying fifli defcribed, II. in, 

 112. 



Flynder, the Flounder, II. no. A re- 

 markable one marked with a crofs, ibid, 

 & in. 



Foreigners, their miftaken notions concern- 

 ing the air and climate of Norway, I. 22. 



Fossefald, the Water- wagtail, II. y^. 



Fresh-waters in Norway good and falu- 

 brious, I. 88. & feqq. 



Frost : night froft pernicious in Norway, I. gy. 



Fugl-konge, Regulus, the Wren, II. 73. 



Fyr, the Fir-tree grows almoft every where 

 in Norway, I. 141. Is the richeft produce 

 of that country, ibid. An attempt to fow 

 them in England, 143. 



G. 



Gaas, the Goofe, Anfer, II. y$. Wild geefe 

 of two forts, ibid, & 74. The order they 

 obferve in their flight, 74. 



GedDe, a frefh-water fifh, II. 112. 



Germans carried on a great trade in Nor- 

 way, II, 238, 239. Chaftifed by Frid. II. 

 ibid. 



Giants among the ancient inhabitants of Nor- 

 way, II, 241. 



Giertruds-fugl, or Gertrude's bird, II. 75. 



Giors, Sander], a fcarce fifli, II. 112. 



Gin-sen©, defcribed by P. du Halde, I; 133, 



. Note. 



GrRALD, Cambrenfis, his miftake, 1. 89, 



Glaamen or Glommen, the largeft river in 

 all Norway, I. 91. 



Glente, the Kite, II. 75. 



Gnats, very numerous in Norway, II. 47. 



Goats and Kids hurtful to trees, II. 7. Too 

 many of them kept in Norway, ibid. Fre- 

 quently attack ferpents, ibid. A certain 

 field of a poifonous quality to goats and 

 kids only, II. 7. Note. 



Gog, the Cuckow, II. 75. 



Gorkyter, a fifli, II.' 112. 



Goupe or Lofien, the Lynx, of three forts in 

 Norway, II. 20. 



Grain of all kinds fown in Norway, I. 104. 



Gr * waxes, found in Norway, I. 172. 



Grass in great abundance in Norway, I. i 8, 



Grasshoppers, Faare killinger, IL 41.' 



Guld-lax, the Trout, Trutta, II. u 2 . 



H. 



Haae, the Shark, Canis Carcharias, a very ex- 

 tenfive tribe, II. 113. Several forts defcri- 

 bed, ibid. & feqq. 



Hales, Dr. Experiments in his vegetable fta- 

 tics, I. 10. 



Halogaland, one of the fifli-inhabited pro- 

 vinces in Norway, I. 85. 



Hares, very common in Norway,. II. 9. 

 Change colour in winter, ibid. Catch mice 

 in the woods like cats. ibid. 



Harvest, early in Norway, I. 21. Its diffi- 

 culties there, 102. Method ufed in Nor- 

 way, ibid. 



Hav-aare, a bird, II. y$. 



Hav-hest, a fea-fowl, II. 75, 76. 



Hauksbee, Mr. a famous experiment by him 8 

 I.9. 



Hav-mand and Hav-fruen, Mer-man and 

 Mer-maid, II. 186. Fabulous account of 

 them, 186, 187. Truth of their exifte nee, 

 187. Frequently caught in the fea of 

 Angola, 188. Particularly defcribed, ibid. 

 & feqq. Several of them ken in the north 

 fea, 190, 191. A Mer-man 36 feet long 

 taken in the Adratic, 192. 



Hav-sule, a large fea-bird, called by the 

 Scots, Gentleman, IL y6. 



Health affected by difference of air, II. 26. 



Heat, intenfe in Norway in fummer, and 

 the caufes of it, I. 20, 21. 



Hejeitels, what, I. 56. 



Heiloe, a bird of paflage, IL 77; 



Heire, the Heron, Ardea, II. 77. 



Helle-flynder, the Turbot, Hypogloflus 3 

 II. 116. A particular ftory of one, 117. 

 Manner of catching it, ibid. Has no air 

 bladder 118. 



Herbs, medicinal, a catalogue of thofe in 

 Norway, from Ramus, the Herbarium Vi- 

 vum, &c. I. 115. & feqq. Of Norway 

 adapted to thedifeafes of the inhabitants, 125. 



Hesgiers, 



