INDEX. 



Lax, the Salmon, Salmo, II. 131. Its nou- 

 rishment, ibid. Its breeding -place, ibid. 

 Method of catching it, 132. Its averfion 

 to red colour, ibid, and 133. 



Lax-kar, what, II. 133. 



Lax-tite, a water fowl, II. 83. 



Lead-mines in Norway, I. 201, 202. 



Lemming, Mus Norvegicus, II. 30 



Leprosy, of three kinds, frequent in Norway, 

 II. 262, 263. Defcribed, ibid. 



Lerke, the Lark, II. 83. 



Letter to the author concerning a particular 

 fort of Hone, I. 174, 175. 



Linn^us, his curious obfervation, I. 101. 

 His remarks upon mountain plants, I. 132. 



Lines, of different forts, forfifhing, defcribed, 

 N. 131, 132. 



List of the authors quoted in this work, I. 

 Pref. XXI, & feqq. Of all the nobility of 

 Norway, II. 288. Of Danifh nobility, fet- 

 tled in Norway, ibid. 



Lizard, Ogle, or Fire-been, II. 40. 



Loam, fragrant white loam, I. 206. A black 

 loam like ink, 205. 



Lobsters, method of catching them, II. 

 1 J2- Vaft numbers exported from Norway, 

 and in what manner, ibid. 



Lodde, the ftinking Fifh, II. 134. A mif- 

 chievous Fifh in driving away other Fifhes, 

 &c. ibid, and 135. 



Lom, Colymbus Arcticus, defcribed, II. 8^ 

 & feqq. 



Longevity, feveral inftances of, in Norway, 

 II. 257, & feqq. 



Lund Anas arctica, the Pope, defcribed, II. 

 86, 87. 



Lusus Nature, an abfurdity, I. 54. Several 

 pieces of what is fo called found in Nor- 

 way, I. 184. 



Lynx, Goupe, II. 20. 



Lyr or Lysse, the Piper, probably the fifh 

 call'd Lyra, II. 135. 



M. 



Maage, Sea-gulls, of various fpecies, II. 87, 

 88. 



Maar, the Marten, defcribed, II. 23, 24. 



Ma ckarel, Scomber, II. 135. Voracious like 

 the Shark, ibid. Melancholy accident oc- 

 cafioned by Mackarel, 136. Has no air 

 bladder, and yet fwims very quick, ibid. 



Magnet, or Load-ftone, found in great quan- 

 tities in Norway, I. 167. 



Magnus Olufsen, king, why called Bare- 

 foot, II. 273. 



Mail, in Winter, drawn over the fteepeft 

 mountains not far from Bergen, I. 58. 



Marble, of feveral kinds, I. 162, & feqq. 

 Account of the principal forts, 164, 165. 



Mare, no peafant dares keep one about 

 Bergen, II. 2,' 3. 



Marienglas, orlfmglafs, ufed for windows 

 in Ruflia, I. 172. 



Marmate, a fifh of the Mer-maid fpecies, 

 II. 195. 



Marsvin, the Porpoife, defcribed, II. 136. 



Martimire, M. de la, his account of the 

 copper mines in Norway, I. 196. & feqq. 



Martin, Mr. his defcription oftheWeftern 

 iflands of Scotland, well worth perufing, I. 

 149. 



Mead, Dr. an extract from his treatife de 

 irnperio folis & lunse, &c. I. 77. Note. 



Mechanic trades not in any repute in Nor- 

 way, II. 280. 



Me r- man anH Mcr nwki, lee Hav-mand. 



Mii-B, Norwegian, equal to five or fix Englifh 

 miles, I. 1. Note. 



Mines, Norwegian, in general, I. 178, 170. 

 Produce of them doubled in Norway for 

 thefe laft hundred years, ibid. A gold 

 mine discovered, 179. But foon failed, 

 ibid. Silver mines in Norway, 180 & 

 feqq. Method of difcovering them, '184, 

 185. Great depth of fome mines, 188! 

 The mines of Kongfberg defcribed, 189* 

 190. Copper mines at Roraas, 192, & feqq. 

 Iron mines 199, & feqq. Lead mines, 201, 

 202. 



Miners, their drefs, I. 197. Their revels 

 and dances, 198, 



Mixture, wonderful, in the mountains of 

 Norway, I. 53. 



Mole, Vond, Talpa, II. 28. 



Mort, fee Sey. 



Moskoestrom, a remarkable Phenomenon, 

 L 77. & feqq. 



Moss, Norway over-run with it, I. 147. Se- 

 veral forts of it, Ibid. Treated of particular- 

 ly by Buxbaum, ibid. Note. 



Motives of the Author for publifhing this 

 work, I. Pref. I. & feqq. 



Mountains of two forts in Norway, I. 40. 

 the greateit part of that country cover'd 

 with them, ibid. 



Mountain-stoves defcribed, I. 44. 



Mouse, Muus, Mus, white, with red eyes, 

 II. 29. 



Mushrooms, and the champignons of feveral 

 forts found in Norway, I. 148. 



Muslin ger, Cockles, Pectuncli, II. 164. 



N. 



Naper, a fort of Turnip, of a very large fize, 

 II. 114. Inftance of one weighing 27 

 pounds, ibid. 



Natvake, afmallbird, II. 88. 



Nebbe-sild, the Needle-fifh, II. 138, 139. 



Newen-ogen, the Lamprey, II. 139. 



Night-raven, Nyclicorax, II. 91. 



Nobility, antient, of Norway, a lift of, II. 

 288. Danifh fettled there, ibid. 



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