tm k U T ^ r Q^ l u i sw ö i '& .T ü f M O r w a y
fonii ofi flëflï1 óf: anf ;kind$0fouFdhè:! - théy yfltëuhT ^et&éf- in
thefe waters* without being-próduced fröm. e g^ ;or T^icfi;bas
beèhfaidas alfo^thatthetehs no diffeténcè ëf1 ffees-ambngft ffiran,
appeal >to -me improbable; thé1 sin 'éJ8 &gliron,vr^ d received by
mofbnatural hiftorians. Franëis Wilfoughb^is hifofelf-ihdoTibt
of this matter: he days, in Hift»Pi|c»(X«ib. iv. cap. ivyyp. i i ’è.
Anguillan} neque marem ene héque freminam, neqqe j)röl^m. ëk
lë generare tradit Ariftoteiesr3& :afibi nee pép‘c^i^^pmëcëari,
neC parere öva, nét ullam captam unquam efle, ijnée aut fëmen
genitale aut ova haBètet; &c. Rondeletius, vidiner fe * afigqillas
mutuo corpbrum complexfréoeuntes • affirms t, 'nèqtxp^ .putare fë
partibüs ad gigriendum hëcefferüs'proffuïS dèftitutds 'felfe', inferi-
öre.enim ventris parte, & vulva j®-:f«fcnnï§^
bus reperitur, led p'mguedineynulta tdreumfufse bteJjiartes nón
apparent;- This opinion of Rondelet, which 'hag: b^en rejedfed
by many, is confirmed’ by ourNorVegian fiflfeftnsq ; whé fay, that
out of the Eel’s bejly are -féeh"fi)Ëhètiiïie^:ytMifg:Ëfel^Rihgi^, ;'lfs
i f in their birth. Eèls arë catehed here irt; thte liightV' ^thöy'a^è
in Denmark, partly, with hpokfi; a$d- . tf.
buckets, wide at the entrance, and runs down hoping, , and: ‘fö
contrived within, that they donoteafily find ;a. paffagei oqtj-' in
. thefè'they p.ut Herrïhgsf 'ot ëthër Fife,; by1 Way pf bait. ipel-
filhing is not of fuch confequencë£ v i& ' ?tb rtBrry, 6nn :ac foieigft
trade with.
Aaiequabbe. The Aalequabbe, or Lamprey, is generally not above twelve
inches long';- otherWife i t fe very like the cornmoii £ëly éyc£ót
that it is remarkably different as .to the head and mouth;^Mehls
very-broad, and much like'a frog’s’. In this, inftead of tféëthj
there are two fharp' bones like knivèspr feiffars ; v8bdtïï ■ 'éhë
middle of the belly is a white fppt, the reft beingbroWn., They
have as little toe as thé common Eel, and they bring Toraf°their
young alive: this is a faét beyond doubtr
Aaikiar-Niofi The Aafkiaer-Niot, the Gurnard, is a fmall Sea-fifh, not abpve fix
inches long, of a brown colour, fpotted with a fhining white, with a
head altnoft failure and fharp at the end. In tafte it is hot tinlike
a Mackarel ; nt is catched with a line, and when' taken odt of
the water is heard to grumble and fhort, which is very different
from all other Fifh.
Abon-e. The Aborre or Perch* Perea, is. a well-known Fifh; it is found
in the frefh-water lakes in Norway,' particularly eaftward, large
and fat ; it is called here by fome Tryde, by others §kibbo. *
Antertroid. Ankertrold. See the following chapter, Krake.
S E C T .
N A T T T R A L H 1 S T O R Y of N O R W A Y . ie f>
S E C T . V. ‘
The Berggyltef-thëRdck-fifh,is ayfaft-water Fifh;- it has fcallS Betggyit«.
and fins like a Catp,-'aiid is bf a reddifh cMpuy v ’tifcallëdby fbme
the * iïj ftëÉi{ tóttë-Wëffe
ifsaheS' i n d ' f é ï i g t ï i , * ' f i k '^ ë i d . i Thl-S' Fifh d-SWfet
wdl-tafted, ' btit ’tisThettêt' * cold-' than höf;:1 rthëyj ahé' gëfibMlfy
caught uhder the; petpCndiciiM# roek^'or projeaffig; cliffs, With
i-book.
ca}le#^iHb"Blaéfek; %lfd tBë Bkaskaai. ^
Siögumme, is like 'thè-'Mï^yfteft in 'éVefy tKm^‘ Excepting that
i t - a n d is?óf a blue-'and 'green-Colour, with pretty ftripès,
fuoh'l ajj1 aiie- upon a Mackareli > „
The BlankenfleeA’ is' aiSea-fifh, fe called for its fiNeilebloür’d Biankenfeen,
fe igh t^ lê s f Id-ïh ^ i l^ lS ¥êty lifttch like 'a Héfrrhg, but itrfs-'
fornethihg^MngbPj- and-narrower towards "the vtaif; - it is a Ho
'Witflif'ik . t e f w # 5 & ’• ;<uiy *^re|iï quantity,”Viid?*is hot
much ‘regaSled.- •
I -The Bfeége, the Bleak, a-Well-tafted‘ Fifh, frequent both SJaieeges
fflt; and frefh- watfer, thobmoft 'in the laft. In fhapé* and ;fizfd
Dace, but-;iit -'diffets-’ fröffl it,JmC! the üMpëtêëa'Hïfvëi?
cdlour.'
/Thé Brafe«, ; thé Bream," Brtónay" is well known, and found
the eaft country.,
The Briöing, Enefaficbolus, the AnchoVy, is properly of tne.finflfs-^
Herring kind, but müch^fê&p fergeft, is- Ibotic foSh i#ëhës-';ML
léhgth; ’tis brbadifh^ fati and delicious; they* atë'catöght'ièvfery
where in the warm Summer months,;in fmall rhafh’d AefS-; fdtne-
hisies fhey,: take an inctedibé 'quantity at a draught. - They are1
not only eaten frefh; bu t- aré falted, ahd; pèt up ih Dartels with'
fpiees, and- fent to feveral foreign éotintriësy whère
called Anchovies, and they pay a-geiod price fot tbèm. Thefe
ottiy differ from a ffnall- H e r r i n g ' bèlly,
when they are ftroaked with a Finger, from the tail upwards.
The Brigde, the Fin-fifh, is a large Fifh,- 40 feét or’ more ffi’^ngdet,,,,
length; fólhë'account them of the .Whale kind, öthèr¥vcif cthe-
Porpoife. Their livfer al<kte yields feyeral casks of train 01F; on;
their back they -have a high,; round, and fharp bsheV^With which;
they tear ■ open other Fifties bellies ; and they are' edvered with, a*
kind of hair*'Something'like a horfe’s main ; they are often- feeii:
about the fifhermeris boats, who are as much afraid of fhetn as of
the moft dangerous fea-monffër. Sometimes tihdy are caught, tho’
feldonhj- and that -is when they get ixité B and entfegfd
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