lo4 H A T U R A L H 1 S T 0 RY; of IV 0 A T. . [
• happens, towards the-end of tbe'j^ear, the Whale, a,nd .his affo-
; dates j the Porpoifef' Grampus, and’ the like, lfarid read]?* to
execute God’si‘de®ee, ^hith is tap bunri rinehterrify thefe fhiall
Peregijna- s rFilh, aridf t® fehd them .where they are wanted. How*tl||&is -
done "will be1 explained hereafter, in the article of' Herrings, 'and
the Whale, therefore I net, detain myreadetaf ptefent with
thofe| particulars: they are, indeed, very femarkaule, and" of
*fefvice to Ibew God’s .wife and affectionate oecoaomy. 1 fhall
new .pt t ^ e ra^ a ^ o f l - o f .p4ffi
lo v e ffieft. t o h a i n « tW ^ i t f e l k aw a te r^ iv .^ e y a^\^tfe€iseiEdi;e ;ss®re
heafthf?il aisd' fifie irt Winter thrift id Soriamferf arid areafoun# hot
iiamt«rs. only in the greateft tha vrit^m'ppfd bht'lre
alfp' fnucn fatter ajid finer £herei yWben they f ’^is. Jiai .been
obferVediby. theix annual fpaWningy are=. obliged«sia-,Emigrate,
and are-on that occafion dr iMfff '-about? in- inexp'foffi b'fy ~ - Irirge
fhoals by the filh of 'prey, which are God’s inflrrumerits decreed
for that pUrpofe, they are feiit farther ^MthwarAipfy ■ whirh
they lofe fotne of thefe® rengra Alfa fet-;. * '"This 'happens " in
the long voyage they take; and they fometimes Ipptpaeh
fhe coafts "fHsforid' f Iftfy W'mriircfM#rie/ -' Wh&^t^ey
grOW ; betfrii; fife ferhriles aifehkrgfe; their IpkwrijAftcf’th^7 males
ihfeir femefe? b^ Whiib4hdyv rifeAMfe^akifridd rincf femaeiitrid
rot fofne time. Tffe'firft ! inhabited'fend* ffbftr tri'emotth pole,
thffeflfefe*' IShi Infant's 7dr itrt^3i f ^flfecdlaiitei toricfe Arixt -to
Roland ®,xfe Effifedfkdn arid NotWay’* - hotth of
"Sfedflaridj and the Grkne^si t InAibfeplrifesi ^!&ytdt¥i®SwMp<SJ
fririh niriltrtttdris^ 'particularly1 tfte Hbrfiftgte7 Mibksfrel\ amid frittie
ethef kindsroF Pifh, ihat it^ f ll^ ^ ia f ^nfcrediBfe tohri^i^adetk
Who fl^ita4'btnrir countries, to wh®iffIl cftiSH! IfiSrfwM9e
gikrfed ;thri?lfeBft3s x>f•"prhbabSftyy7^thB’ °P
Fiflpu, fee}« rthe^crtfksn fb#res ..ai^riullqws, nag jh a fake,, .of frelher
Waterf thin that ofriie. oceai^ which i | fuppQfed ifoferbjn/ke
maimer- of - their. rejy£fin^°cHe' ac'c'drSing t¥(f6me-'Spl®f^a6i@ti^n]^ari'Gu^rly
Wirit: FeSaW tQ tliel,®^i®.dnbi?j fhS;s; TjiaH^lyJ {tjijj:
' * ^e%Sd^by.i^jch.^eaiM,rllMkr^'fqmrts out at';the excretory 'ffljd7 aatkwhen
a -ifi&al'of feHiiles7 have 'tJjus" flifcKar^edvliie'’ rq£f i'thSfr ^hP^Siffles fffi£
(torgttibriJ^d: a&ebrjgenfiitfet: lufct/ifi the cfame: 'mafiife 'lfeer l o j ©blfe el
, * I^M a n < f there is a great deal o f fSfi c&tched, ‘particularly of the Cod kind;
MichJ may be. known by the ■ atupfl fhit>40ads that kfe ftht/to .Copenhageil^nd
G|pckflgt.;;. aijd it. is;.certagi?!^ a ^ is^ b e fe d Jm.^near the -plac^oj .their firft-departiarc,
ffiere* ffiiglitrbe caugh^r(ten't}rne£asvttpny,; if-mat Icpuntry'was;riot'"in^ucW want of
ffie ]Softegiajgs,tpi • teKe. .^ore'^are-iof, thdr
. ,^ s ^ 3 L |K ^ le |‘iW m .'deftroji. .our^.wpQcfef;'tiieniCertainW
w r . 0§^r|d.r nKgjpije: b^ ‘ m %C J% in iw •, a ^ *, ^he ‘‘te.y
dear. .V 'l
in
HrA^U R At* EI^TtRÆ rdf JViaRWAtf. 105
<a ju^ft idea of
the^ )V^ multitudes tshafe hâvmjbëénoohlèarvedv here. :J When T
^ft^'cém.'Mthew I oânlsâ inot, fae^iefeHt inyicÆf, till
sinced hX‘'JOcnl|* dononftfcatiou, abwelfas the testimony df-haany
fubflahtial witneflès *.. (
There is na.comtriy3^in:Europe3fitterfd£ the ftudy -of Ichfyol-
logy^y©rc Ïob! diijuiirittgfiniEoVithçh natdJral hiftorycdfc Tifh)<>:thari
the diocèfe efi Be^njiand tHe rnkipr p£ NoMland in- the éioèefè
df?Tqoriheia^-;oWhdji
delet, SàlviaQj;:Aldrovarid^ Gefcer, and beyond; them 1 ally Wil-
Ibughhïj^ tookxltE»;<glyk.ja;sfaffideKt âccénrit -ôf'ïthfe^iriïpdtÉant
■ part idFibhàdludÿico£riiaiturfc,bwe.canirio(t. help 'wifhirig ffetHÉinè
©fçytlrofe.ieaEQed apdniüdefàtigâbïèi/jèifêïiSj had b'ifeh ne:thefê
plricéè ta make i tfaeir. obfeirratmrik^whêfé theÿi dëtt#Éfir X^uM
have made mère important, difc-overies thrift the reader has.
acccHnplHh^dlrmoetHhL only -.wri&da W^SSffl dHfeoi^f'éf-%h-è
■ N^turaf Curîofî tes. in.Korway, and l'çonl^fudniîy^ égrij^ttérilâîgè^
ariimight be wilhedÿ uporitrivery'article %y^a^üaât^7ifiêh|^|.
cfen E;ks tbéï Iparnédriauthorsf befaife-nirintioiïed' bave' defteV- eritéf
fa|knsthls taasatfcy of ievery^partitmlS Fiâg|'%îe^rn^èit^l^©, f
hib^v.:ÉhaÉs-iifeo^&:iwhai'jtàrerftéfe «aâÿb'^diàtbari tb bi-infv;this
knowledge it(^ar^rekeryj*rfeélbnÿi will find: fipfe of thé leflèn-
tial articles totlleâed' in this' rtartow icotripâfif-ithàn: ih; mànÿ
larger, ::arid> otherwife. morb -particolar dèfcrkticMlS; V?hat I
•hererîekte fer: is.’ certaintyo may be Sëpendêd riprin,4 and iwill
Beifoand, tm the nicèft4exairinnati»û,;:t0 -bë %Wer^^eid ‘flrîâfy
üue-i where I - have been-under the le® Ôoübfi I ha¥e not
pafitively affirmed the eircunrftaricâ '
■ G T . ;
v ' Befûfe I begin ' to treat of the fèverâl Piflles in particular, I
fhall quote a 'few linés» puf of Rollin’s Tréatifé, entitled,
Phyfi^ue des Enfans, or the Study df Nature,, for; the Service of
Youth, which conduce 'to; the glory of our Great Creator, my
principal end. In •
^ kinds of Fiffi of variolas fizes do the waters produce! I con- Jy v01 ‘1“**
rt template all thefe, and' it feeiris to me, that there is nothing meS'
‘ ‘ but a head and trail | they have rid hands Or feet, and their
* id,^0IAl®d* are, wlrii iGodk
eleffiffg, annually eucehlbd &ch vîte^api^'ôr.'jHçf^^j^ç fcveral kinds.of Cod,
ana*i6t&w- Vdri»Me.'Fin;4-:‘ffiat in, on .a ' ûwdefàtë -
a million of rix^dollars, randfometimés mdre;' rw K
Pa r t II. e e “ head