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Brofmer.
Elvcritze.
Fifke Kong-
Flynder.
JX A T U R AX . H I S T O R X of N O R T FA Y. ,
themlelves in the fifliing-nets: the’ they tarry the hway whey
are lo encumbered by them,* that -one may eafily {tick them
with a fpear.
The Brolmery is a good; lea filh, of a moderate fize, with a
fliort and-roqnd head, and a llippery llfi&Tikih Ad EfeljJbiifelhe
Aefti is firm, and agreeable to eat; the roe allo .isdsunfed very
delicious. Our filhermen lay they live very much amongft the
lea-ihrubs,, and feed «©fi, them. They are: caught " mdftly in the
Summer months, in deep water, with >lmes£ They ' ai^ffftilfed
down,' or dry’d, and then exported. Perhaps this is the lame
Filh that is called-in France, Brame de Mer,? the Sea-bream ; but
I only guels.fo by the name. .
S E J l VI.
Elveritze, aftnall Filh,, which has its name from rivers wher.eini
they are.generally cateh’d. .
Fi&e Kong, King of - the Fifiiestwo kinds of Filh are Called
by this name ) one is of the Cod, and the other of -the, Sea Bream
kind. This laft is npt much different from the ordinary lbr6j,"ex-
cept that it has a lump as big as a man’s fift on the head,- which fanciful
people fuppole to be beform’d like a crown; from whence the
filhermen have taken the liberty to-call him King of the1 Filhes/
Flynder, jJjhe. Flounder of this Flat-F-ilhy--which- includes
a great many branches, We have here chiefly fouf^lerts^J namely,
The Hellebut, or Plaice-. ^nof the large rHelle-flynder, which
is /called here Queite, and will;: be taken notice, ofi.hereafter) :
this is a pretty large and roundilh,- Flounder, fat (aiid flelhy,
with red (pots' on the lkin. - a. The Krobbe-flynder, Ibme-
thing lgls, black apd rough,-or full of Imall prickles-: this has
very firm flelh. 3. The Sand-flynder : this has vfcales on-, the
lkin, and is grey on one fide, f but, like the reft, white on the
other, or . under fide. . 14.. The Flirer : .-tfiefi». ,am • the lealt; bat
the beft tailed of all: they are partly fcarfght in nets, partly
with filhing hooks, and lometimes they ;are '[ftuGk ;. jrgith,: a
final!. bearded lance, which is done thus-: when the filhermen
row their boats over landy ground, where, the filoundefs are .leen
in clear weather lying in heaps together, they drop; a line with a
heavy lead to it, under which the little lance jis fix’d, which,
by the. weight of the lead, flicks in the Flounder,: lb, that he muft
follow the line up : by this method they. Ibon fill, the boat | with
them. In Nordland and Sundmoer this Filh is found in the greateft
perfection; it is dry’d and exported with aigopd pfofit. Th*
Bartholinus mentions (in. his Hift. Ana torn.)/ a remarkable Floun-
.der,
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der j marked with a:!crofs- on- onh fide.1 “ Pafler piltis 16$o, 1 a pif-
catbribns Bergis Norteg.captus; fignum krueiS crafliorls in ventre
gerebat'mfiiifefturri? "idque in funienal^hte. Ad 'ufums menlae,
cuMnae Div J'ani Schbldertapii, Epilc^Ser genfis, • -Minis mei honoi':
randi,i-infbfebatar. Sed ancilla, vilb crucis fignd, bpetierrita, cufJ
trum lulpendity -pifem^ue illnfiref$^pluriumi:© reler-va-s
vit. Angdli-drucis & lately* asquialia, fuperficies'plaria '&C ©dm
cute asqualis, & c -in -ekficeatb pllce' dilparuit fere *erux, -Cenfe-ii.-
Hift. 33, p. Yet it is not uncommon to lee uponlFlbun-%
ders, Plailb, Square Filh, and 'other Sea-Filh lfei5%^' th'e figures
of ftar'S*)- Circles,PIqhar'es,''and'- other-marks, 'Which give therd
# particular Jafofe6fe!*v’
Floy-filk, or Plying-filh, isTocalled ftom:!Ms flying’above the^“)’ fik- '
water : the largeft raj h&Ve’-leen are'hardly a ‘foot Ion g. w-This -F i fh i
has- a pretty Mrgey thh’"thin' and light head ; the.'mouth I have'
always found'open, -perhaps to'dat'ch the? airland lighten- them-1
fSXteSri,a !l0m#‘ degtee'-with it y^the bodyMsdStnallVfe^M’ilh, and*
runs tapering towards the tail: it is neatly like a: large Herring'
in lhape. Befides thesufual-fins,'-'they have5 under--theJr"’necks
th#ee! broad and1 p&tty king“ones, of ?a different and more-lubtil
ftfh'Sbre': -thefe'are- nearly as tniri a's' a fly’sowings, but they-are
ftrengthened' '-with- half a-lcore -row'S;'’dfi;b®ti6,t TnnrjSng • betwdenr
the. two membranes« On the back part* bf their neck-thoy have
allb a wing, or flying fin, about fix 'finches'‘'lbhg^':'qu-ite’!'erefi: ■
and lower down-thohack, another fhorter, 'but'broader.- Thefe Pnviie^-fSc
Wings 'arehthe-gift of nature1 to laVe'thranlelv'esi1 wlth,’<a ^heh-pte-r1^ w*a *.,
lued by thole; that are' too -poweiful fbr' them. They im 1 ifie® in-
their flight • to raife themlel ves leveral feet aboVe' the water, and
purine“ their courle the length of two or> three>’gun-lhot, »then’
they muft drop, becaufe theit wings grow dry, which are bf !rfd
ufe to! them anylonger than5they hold mbift *.
v X dd !nbt knbw whether thofe'NorWay Flying-filhy ^hlcll were
prefented me at Bergen bn Sundmoer, may be* accounted the fame
* If i c t K 4 natural 'projjefty o f the1 w i t i g s ^ i t hifijrafehlo
for (them to, fly far, then I ^jjght^agree^v^th t^of^(^gpundeEShof iS.«nptur©}««ho .
» opinion thit the great quantity of Selavlih, whrch« in ,xiv.
jfr. is generally tranflated Quails, and which were brhught'by‘a*|*reat- Wind frofti the
fea to tht cahnp of the Iirae|ite&, .were notBicds, b,ut Fly.ing-fiih,
EhQfyPs, and, Zeltner’S;
allbete1 S iakiifd tdfilt direMy
op about the tamp i ;jwhitdi#eefcsnd'^*eelbeftfwthfTOe'ttiaW3eiiqfidtfnite;Bito ®hat ‘fef9
bt^diy’d 1.i f ,,tfWn,we muffijfifft,pDferve,th,atrftho^^rjental'%lavimpiji*aVe,
tnete'n^^n' ln tn^^aieitiw of theijlteinKs.td'' fupport •merm&ivegm a-iopa night,
tl)an out»Nbrvegtan plyihg-‘8&.
with