I N D & X. 



JPIesgiers, a moveable garden, I. no. 



Hiort, Hans, his letter to the Author, I. 61. 

 Note. 



Ho eg, the Hawk, of three forts, II. 78. 



Hogman, opinion efpoufed by him, I. 106. 

 Note. 



Hogs, but few in Norway, H. 8. 



Honey-dew, fabulous account concerning ir, 

 II. 43> 44- 



Hops grow in Norway, I. 108. 



Horn, many northern mountains fo call'd, 

 I. 45. Note. And fome in Switzerland, 

 ibid. 



Horn eissu the Muraena, a fea-fifh, II. iio. 



Horr, a fmall rrefh-waicr fifh, II. ug. 



Horse-Gog, a bird, II. yy, 78. 



Horses, Norwegian, defcribed, II. 2, 3 The 

 firfl perfon that gave them oats in Norway, 

 2. Not ufually gelded in Norway, ibid. 

 Their method of righting with bears, 3. 



House, ftill fubfifting in Norway, in which 

 king Oluf lodged five nights, above 700 

 years ago, I. 143. 



Houses ftand fo high in Ulland and Nordel, 

 that the peafants climb up to them by lad- 

 ders, I. 58. 



Hual-fish or Qual, the Whale, Balsena, di- 

 vided into feveral fpecies, II. 118. The 

 reafon of its growing lefs in fize of late 

 years, 119. Is God's inftrument in driving 

 the Herrings, &c. towards the coafl, ibid. 

 Its form and fhape, 120. Its food, 121. 

 Often haraffed by other fifh, 122. . Smaller 

 forts of Whales, 123. 



Huidling, the Whiting, Affellus candidus, 

 II. 124. Its wonderful property, ibid. 



Hund'stigler, the common Stittle-back, Au- 

 culeatus minor, II. 124, 125. 



Hurricanes and Whirlwinds, I. 34. Call'd 

 by the Norway peafants Ganfkud, ibid. 



Hyernes, Urban, his observation on the co- 

 lour of the fea-water, I. 70. 



Hysse, call'd by the Germans Schelfifk, is 

 very like the Whiting, II. 125. 



I. 



Jasper, a fet of tea-cups of it prefented to 

 king Frederick IV. I. 173. 



Ice, in the North-fea, affirmed to be of a blue 

 colour, Peyrere, I. 71. 



Iceland, great quantities of fifh caught 

 there, II. 104. Note. In great want of 

 tvood, ibid. 



Jerpe, the Francolin, defcribed, II. yg, 80. 



Jervor Vielfras, Gulo, a creature peculiar 

 to Norway, defcribed, II. 22, 23. 



Igelkier, the Sea-Urchin, Echinus Marinus, 

 and Pomum Marinum, a curious fea ani- 

 mal, defcribed, II. 170, & feqq. 



Iglegrass, a noxious root, I, 130. 



Ignes fatui, I. 74. 

 Part II. 



Ignes lambentes, caufe of them conjec- 

 tured, I. y$. 

 Jisgalt, Vulpecula marina, the Sea-fox* II. 



Imber, the North Diver, a bird, II. 86. 

 Inundation^ a furprifing one of the river 



Galen in Norway, I. 90. 

 Jo-fugl or Jo-Thief, a remarkable bird, II. 



81. 

 Iron, moft abounds in Norway and Sweden, 



I. 88. Tinges mOft of the waters there, 

 ibid. Tranfmuted into copper, 195. The 

 procefs, ibid. ChymiCal analyfis of iron, 



Iron mines, a lift of thofe in Norway, I. 



2 00, 20I. 



Islands, floating, in feveral lakes, I. 92. 

 Jubilee -wedding, a remarkable account of, 



II. 259. 



K. 



KarpE, the Carp, Carpio, II. 125. 



Karudse, a frem- water fifh, II. 125. 



Kat Ugle, a kind of Owl, II. 102. 



Kizeld, a ftrand bird, Red-fhanks, II. 81, 82; 



Kiod-miese, the Black-cap, a bird, II. 82. 



Knurhane, the Gurnard, II. 129. 



Kobbe, of Sselhund, the Sea-calf, Phoca, de- 

 fcribed, II. 125, 126. Manner of taking 

 and killing the Sea-calves, 126, & feqq. 



Kongsberg, famous for filver mines, I. 189". 

 Number of its inhabitants, 190. 



Kraft, profeflor, his obfervations on me wea- 

 ther, I. 26. Note. 



Krage, a bird of prey, II. 82. 



Kraken, the largeft creature yet known, IL 

 210. Defcribed, 211, & feqq. Confirma- 

 tion of its exiflence, 214, & feqq. The 

 opinion of floating iflands took its rife from 

 the Kraken, ibid. &ot entirely unknown 

 to Pliny, 215. Suppofed to be of the Po- 

 lypus kind, or the Stella arborefcens, 2 1 5. 



Krikkie, a fea bird, II. 82. 



Krockle, a frefh-water fifh, II. 129. 



Kullebars, a fmall frefh-water fifh, II. 129. 



Kulmund, the golden Salmon, II. 129. 



Kulstrom, a remarkable phenomenon in the 

 North-fea, I. 8y. 



L. 



Lake, the frefh-water Herring, Marsena, II. 

 130. 



Lakes, the principal in Norway, I. 92. Float- 

 ing iflands in fome of them, ibid. 



Landscapes very pleafant in Norway, I. 64. 



Lange, Ling, or the long Cod-fifh, defcribed, 

 II. 130, 131. 



Langivie, a large fea bird, II. 83. 



Lapis Suillus, or Swine-ftone, a production 

 peculiar to Norway, I. 168. Called Lapis 

 fcetidus, ibid. 

 G g g g Lax, 



