freflmefs they impute to 'th e quantity ofyifjep tajici they alfot affert, that
when the’ north wind blows^ th e waters becp-mes fo frefh, that they,tinay
even be employed forj.domeftic-ufes..!!, Tides KaT.e_unknppn, and the
fifh are few; /
T h e .th ird and Jaft.fe Jan d fea ^ re ^E u jp ^ ’is that called: the ^Vhite$qa,.
in the north o f Ruflia, more known? h i .Europe, '.aiji,d^partiQuI^|lyi to
Englifh enterprize, before the commerce o f Archangel* ;was fepplanted
by that of- Peterfburg. To O d e r, ha- the reign the great Alfred3,,
it was known by the natne of the ,Qy en |S e a -^ n d fth q |Icel andie writers
ftyled it the. fea of, Ganviik,- on the ‘ffigte of which was th e ir Biarmia,
The White Sea contains-a number ofjfmall ifkads?; > ■bufcthe'J&ccouots
yetgiven, have been brief and unfatisfadory^
Among the other maritime divifions niay be named“,the i German- fea*
fa c'alled hecaufe it waters th e ' wefternrfhores of ancient|^^KijraAyi
from the Rhine to the extremity,of -Jutland. It'tS'3nOw;fo'&en^flyled^
w ith Sufficient impropriety!, '-the North S e a ^ a ^ te tm probably adopted?
b y us from the Dutch. It may he regarded as -a part-Co&fhe Atlantia
•Ocean,'terminating a t the ftreigbts of D ove rtw h^ehce vfhe^EkifIi>
Channel' extends to the weft.' The fiayjofjE^fqfy -is another, large; w e t
o f the Atlantic. T h e Briftol Channel) is rather tpi£- emiary,* o rnwide
frith, o f the Severn.: Betweea. Great Britain and .Icqla^df are St,
George’s Channel on- the fouth j^the IrTlh fea- ii^^tlie 5cehfref which
leads to the North Channel. T h a t. part., o|j:he" Atlantic which ,pajle$
between Scotland and the ext reme„rahge;of fcherweftern iftesjfrorn, Barra
to- Leuis, has received ho d iftin d appellation, tiaagg-h itt m.igHt.be*apfly
ftyled the-Hebudian Channel. T o the no rth of Scotlandris-l-the'.DeUr>
Caledonian. feafof the ancients y which, beirig cohfidered as extending
into a'nd throughout the Baltic, wasihfifo ftyled- }he Sarmatiani-'--
T o .the north ©£ Europehsr th e Ardic: ocean,’ j the diftnal an d folitary
refervoir o f myriads of miles, o f ice, t the very fkirtS' ©6wlfichv-''floating
in enormous mountains, crowned, with brilliant pinnacles ofi’eVdry^tre,
delight the eye an.d appal the- heart o f the mariner. - Yet'this enormous
wafte is, in the hand o f Providence, a fertile field of' provifions for the
human race. Here the vaft battalioifs='of herrings feetri to feek a-refuge
from numerous foes, and to. breed their, millions in fecurity, About.
3. ” the;
1 U R 0 PE. *8
- the middle'©!» winter,, e, merging, fjdm their* retreat, they fpread in two
divifiqns^pne ^w a rd s Lthe, w eft, rwbjc^,icov.er-s the.ffti.eres qf America,
as far asfct^lïÇfiefàpe^ .and Carolina ; iyHilp .a,'third more minute fqua-
d ronSpaffès7;t-he;ftreight between Afia/apd America, and yifijt§ the coafts
o f Kamfehtatka^i=?toÿhe ipoft^ipemptalik divifion teaehje^Pjtiand a^out
the.) begin a in g i®£ I I^|,artch, in,a.jpl©S^ph§^nx o £T u rp rk iq g ;.<|epth, and
fesh*extent, tha,t,’fe%jkfui^faGjLqsj fugp,fi|ed; ijq ,'>3aunX. tftof<. dirupnfiqfis o f .
Gpcat Xritrin/and.xreland. are h o ^ ^ e r^ fiib ^ y l^ èd into numbeplefsj
columns..of :ftx miksg ifij en g u if, ’antit tfep^ee l$£ÊjjÊMÊm B m I
figMsyyed b y n umcroji f t n,fo,\\l, Janchperttn iblt by pl^^riupling of the
Wl-terj.aj^, a.4 )^ li^ „^ .^ fiex jo n }dikç^M^Ljdfe^^amnow! In April or
Ma^yhc-vanguard of. -tbofejaVlottcT tendue Briti%, dojmmiüns -xeaÆeS
^ in ^ n d „ (an d ,4 k n ig rin x l b o d y ^ d f f l n v c j « L n n j n n e f f i g e n d of
wjncbfjnrwth». and thrpngikthaf of JulY,,Xhey*are in the«.great eft pe r-
fe^tion, a*|ci^Smftancef well known to- tne'Diutch fifhefs, y b ° then
caught .that fune^OT fort which formeXthe grand feyffi&jffluthje” wealth
of the/Unitrix.Tçm inccs» , From ISfeuiand fone div in o irX E^ ^ e ^ s' to-
wards< t-ne eaft, $s TarTas Yarmouth, where they* appear1 in , October.
The?otji^rfor rgaqe pafths to ttig weft, 'along 6ptB ffiores of. freaim? A-
few flragglfersi. are, found ,at u r e g i^ f 'p e r io d s ,, Baiting prraeeaed qefhnd
the fe ^w -rs^o tv ret-urn ;, but, ,it -Ig'^ g ie rd ly çremSdî • that"’milhons!jet'
gain • rtHc! ÔçehhS'and;. dêpoqt^’tneirS pawh ab o u itm e ^ to ra i o f -
GTober.*T
To .„enurneratp thq,fmaller-gqlph?î t^ s f t t ê ^ S t s ,^ n d ,u>fes m iaute
divçrfi|:ics||3£t h e y i f h e i k i n a.TcchleTferics o f naniçsuot. in ' a dry .
arithmetical table, w.ould.be.fuperfluqus^ -as they arMipil,ftudied in ;th e > '$>
.niodp' ofco'num imt ating*IbjjeWOs jpppra^nof*âfl "«
others me moll uncouth' atm,rehuffivç 'As w l l ' might hiftofy Jbe
ftudied.by the barren,Tepetitidu.pf‘a hundred ^nâia'é<|'',c^'*ffàfefmen’â^ja'
warrretrsUjl^Bt. this. ,ji’c cpuotfof 1 ffeetEuropean fb%s h ot 'ue 'cpfeA. "
without a few b r i e f gfenérMlV'nëgrectfeu in works of--, t
the Wgq Bahks,_!or ^comparhuyè fhô ^fup^sihtl' to 'bey sted^an&v-
ridges of.fub'marine mountains, and ik-hibn -bhirfg frequently the refbrt
of cod and -other fifh, invite • the attention o f 'national htduftry. The
Pennaat Arctic Z goI . i. crai..
GoodV