_NATURALIHSTOR&

his life he was a filherman; and
when he was no longer able to {ol-
low that occupation he went beg-
ging about Bolton, and other places
in Yorklhire. He died in Decem-
ber, 1670, and lies buried at Bol-
ton; where, in 174.3, a monument
was ereéled to his memory. He was
the oldefi man of the polt-diluvi-
ans, of whom we have any credible
account.

 

Jrcaunt qf a Earned Woman; from
the fame.

RS. Mary Davis, of Great
Saughall, near Chelter, auno
I668; ztatis 74. When {he was
twenty-eight years of age, an ex-
cre{cence grew upon her head, like

‘ to a wen, which continued thirty

years and then grew into two
horns.

There is a print of this woman
in’ Dr. Charles Leiglfs " Natural
“ Hittory of Lancalhire, Chefhire,
" and the Peak in Derbyfhiref’
x700; fol. tab. VII. The in{crip-
tion fignifies, that her portrait was
taken in 1668, in the {eventy-{econd
year of her age: that the excre-
{cence continued thirty-two years

before it grew into horns : that af-

ter four years lhe calt them ; then
grew two more ; and in about {our
years {he calt thefe alfo: that the
horns which were upon her head in
1668, were of {our years growth,
and were then loo{e. Her picture,
and one of her horns, are in Aih-
mole’s Mufeum.

In the univerlity library at Edin-
burgh is preferved a horn, which
w'as cut from the head of Elizabeth
Love, in the fiftieth year of her age.
It rew three inches above her ear,
an was growing {even years.-

95

Same flccozmt oft/x: Lemming, rwbirlv

irr/Pé}: Norway, and fame otber cf
the nortlzern courzzrier.

HI S creature, which is one
of the molt fingular animals.
that we know of, is {aid to be a na-
tive of the mountains of Kolen in
Lapland. It {eems to be a {pecies

, of the rat, with a {hort tail, very

{hort legs, large whifltersfimall eyes
and ears, and long {harp teeth.
About once or twice in twenty years
they appear in valt numbers, ad-
vancing along the ground, and de-
vouring every thing that is green,
like a pefiilence. Some flocks 0F
them rnarchfrom the Kolen, through
Nordland and Finmark, to the.
wettern ocean, which they enter,
and, after having {wam about {or
tome time, perilh. Other bodies
take their route through Swedilh
Lapland to the Sinus Bothnicus,
where they are drowned in the {ame
manner. They advanced in a direct
line; and if they are obliged to
go round a large {tone,»or rock,
they {eek their former line of di-
reétion, in which they proceed. If
they are oppofed by the peafants,
they will hand and bark at them z
neverthelefs, great numbers ofthem
are defiroyed and eaten by the Lap-
land» dogs. If a boat happens to
be in their way, lying in a river
or creek which they intend to pa{s,
they march in at one end or fide of-
the velliel, and out at the other.
The appearance of thefe vermin is
looked upon as an omen of a bad
harvelt, and heretofore there was a
form of exorcilim u{ed againft them
by the Romilh clergy: but if they
prognoflicate a {canty crop, they-
make amends in occafioning a- good-
hunting feafon; {or they are tol-

lowed