INDEX. 



hoble families, and even from the royal 



line, II. 289. 

 Pedigree of the Norwegians traced in their 



funeral fermons, II. 289. 

 Pebbles in Norway, I. 160, 161. 

 Penna Marina, a remarkable Mufcie, de- 



fcribed by Dr. Shaw, I. y$. 

 Perle-band, a Fifh, like a firing of pearls, 



II. 182. 

 Pheasants, none feen in Norway, II. 78. 

 Physics, never the author's chief ftudv, I. 



Pref. XI. * 



Physical knowledge : the utility of it, IPref. 

 V. & feqq. 



Physicians, to be found only in the chief 

 towns in Norway, I. 24. Are efrablifhed in 

 thofe cities, with a public faWjr, ibid. But 

 one or two at moft at Bergen, ibid. 



Piir, the Trachurus, or Horfe-mackarel, II. 

 140. 



Plague, an account of it in Norway, II. 365. 



Pliny computes the meafure of the higher! 

 mountains in the world at 400 ftadia, I. 45. 

 Mentions floating iflands in Italy, 92. 



Plow- worm, Muld-oxe, II. 41. 



Polignac, Cardinal, his ■ obfervation on the 

 Maramots in his Anti-Lucretius, II. 27. Note. 



Pope, Mr. his remark upon the univerfality 

 of genius, II. 294. Note. 



Pope, Innocent VIII. difpenfes with the Nor- 

 wegian church from ufing wine in the facra- 

 ment, II. 267. 



Porcupine, Pindfwiin, II. 28. 



Porpoise, fee Marfvin. 



Preservatives, againft the cold, I. 19. 



Produce or commodities of Norway enume- 

 rated, II. 280. 



Puur, the Dove, a fmall frefli water fifh, II. 

 140. 



Q- 



Quabbe, fee Aal. 



Quadrupeds of Norway defcribed at large, 



II. 1, & feqq. 

 Quality of the air in Norway, with refpect 



to ficknefs and health, I. 23. 

 Quarts, a fort of pyrites or fire-Hone, I. 169. 

 Queits, fee Helle flynder. 

 Quener, an antient people in Nordland, II. 



223. 

 Quicksilver, none found in Norway, I. 202. 

 Quun-TEnder, a fort of wild duck, II. 66. 

 Quo y as Morxov, a ftrange creature, re- 



fembling the human fpecies, defcribed by 



Odoard Dapper, II. 188. 



R. 



Raate, the Sea-carp, II. 140. 

 Rabbits, very few in Norway, II. 9. 

 Rage-kniv, the Razor-fifh, Novacula, II. 141 . 

 Rains and damps on the Weft fide of Norway, 



I.25. Caufe of them at Bergen, ibid. Ex-i 

 cellently adapted by Providence to the necef- 

 fities of the country, efpecially about Ber- 

 gen, I. 26. 

 Ramus, M. his Hiftory of Norway, I. 2 

 Computes the length and breadth, ibid.' 

 Says the air in Norway is very healthy, I. 23. 

 His account of the Mofkoeftrom, I. 78. En- 

 deavours to prove it to be the Scylla and 

 Charybdis of the ancients, whither Ulyflls 

 was driven, I. 85. 

 Rats, Rotter, of feveral kinds in Norway, 

 II. 28. Will not live in Nordland and 

 Helgeland, ibid. 

 Ravn, the Ra wn > Cwivus, 11. 91. 



fe« x , Mr. his account of a child being carried 

 away by an eagle, II. Sg. Note. 



Reaumur, M. his account of Infe&s, II oa 

 35- ' 6 



Red -worms, Roe-aet, in prodigious numbers 

 fo as to colour the fea, II. 50. 



Rein-deer, peculiar to the North country, 

 II. 9. Will not live any where elfe, ibid. 



Remora, a fmall fifh, the vulgar notion of 

 its Hopping a fhip under fail confuted, II. 

 217, 218. This more probably occafioned 

 by theKrake, 218. 



Riccioli, reckons the higheft mountains in 

 the world to be 512 ftadia in perpendicular 

 height, I. 45. 



Ripe, Partridge, Perdix, of two forts in Nor- 

 way, IL 91. Change colour three times a 

 year there, ibid. Manner of taking and ex- 

 porting them, 92. 



Rivers and Rivulets of Norway defcrib'd, 

 I. 90, & feqq. 



Roads, difficult ann" dangerous in Norwav I 

 58. 



Rocks, and mountains, the inconveniencies 

 arifing to Norway from fo many of them, 

 I. 57, & feq. Conveniencies, 6, & feq. 



Rod-fisk, a fea- water fifh, II. 141. 



Rogn-kal, the Square-fifh, Oftracion, de- 

 fcribed, II. 141, 142. 



Rokke, the Thornback, Raia Clavata, II. 142. 



Rollin, M. his Phyfique des Enfans, a paffage 

 from it quoted, II. 105, 106. 



Roots, of all kinds, grow w the gardens in 

 Norway, I. 114. 



Rose, a common flower in Norway, I 22. 



Rysglaf, ufed for glafs in Ruffia, I. 172. 



S. 



Salt-pans, in Norway, I. 72. 

 Salt-works, defcribed, I. 203, 204. 

 Sand, that of Norway defcribed, I. ^j. 

 Sand-stones, I. 165. 

 Sandtal, the Lapwing, II. 93. 

 Sandt^rne, a bird, II. g^. 

 Savorren, a fea-bird, II. 93. 

 Saw-works, or Saw-mills, I. itf. 



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