mm
ForreUe.
Graafey.
Gedde*:
Gorky ter.
Giers, or$an- d§rt.
Gold Lax,
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of JVOR W A Y.
wjth |£^fe "in. hi^ > i.
p, ra. ,i i calls “ j Hkua4w®s'-Ac3^uayticaB, Vand Staler,f HirUudo
hm aq§fttj$i a Grafois vqcatur %sxXV, a marls Adriatici iaccqlis - 3c **a
Sicplis Rpudela^Roudoift, Rondinella, ab Hifpanis Pefce volador.
V p l a n l a q u a i® ; ne pifcium fna^rnm, prseda
men quemn4inodum.fty45 e flumine aquam hand: urns. ¥nin»f-gg
ftepe vid.i in mari Si$nfo Sc/Tyrrheno, manibus .fan^n nunquam
Ypla^t quauidiu alae hument-j ^uxb, Acpantur fiaiim
decidpnt,’.’;
Th0:4®fpdptto thaf h® -adds, froin
in mpff things y?ith pttt ^qyy®giab.r¥%ih!g'ilfifl:1> j?q6 ;if 4® ff i®.
few particulars; whereas he gives his Vand-fvale Squamas Afperas
rpugh feales j . on the contrary» out* Ndf-yegian Fifties haye^a
fmooth skin, and no fcafos, unlefs they axe* -yeiy .{mftlljipr; hflpt
till they are dry; they haveneveccomp'fo'in'y hands freftnonf of
the water,, and therefore I cannpt fay fpr «a. certainty of, what
cofou? they are. Ife fayft the Italiaq. fort are pf ft dafife red,aSiii4
ours feem to be of a dark blue. -
The Forrellq, is a well-known and wel|rtaft»d.Piflj^forta^I^p.g
different from the Qr^tep, ^partly hecapfe it^ and ;|)ar^}y
that between the black circles on the skin there , are foEn,e re4.fpQjts.
They ftre caught moflly here. in fmall . rivulet^ >■ but, when -they
grow larger, they go into the.lakes, pr~ deeper waters. r
Graafey. • See Sqy,.| |
The Gedd®» .ftte her§ very laige, and weUyaftedjfyft.pibftYe
not feen any fo large| ft*. ?fhftfo
found in the lake. Store Mips?! 4*» He4 !®ihar |^ J.;hftnfielyi) fitfeb©*
fix feet long: the fame Jake may be* reckoned to be the heft
flared with Fifh of any frefb Wftfor in the. worlds and there,aye
not Jefs than twenty-three kinds of fifh that frequent it.
A Fifh called the Gorky tes i& .mentfoned;x%
%52i, but it is quite unknown tp-m% tho’ I have'enquiredvery
carefully after it. Poffibiy Tisth© name that puzzles me, for that
differs according to places.
The Giors, or Sandert, is an excellent, and not an -exotic, tho5
a fcarce fifh: it is found in the freftawaterlake, Store Afros,
before mentioned.
The Guld Lax, Trutta, the Trout, is a fmall well-tailed Fifh,
in form almoft like the common Fifh, of which I fhall fpeak at
large in its place, under the name Lax but this is very fmali,
feldom above nine inches long, and1 the mouth is proportionable.
Theieare fo much iefs than me Salmon, that,they are caugbyin
nets.
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nets. Mln hlotdland|theyimaktela fof fc- etf lidKh’j^vthamy rculting
the flafh liafto -foragj fïipsf and drying them"; whkh'tiA'more
delicate than that of Heliedlynders'; or-elfethey pickle them,
a*hd eat them as4hey?do pickled Herrings, jf
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‘ The Haasj the Shark i this '>is ft tfêxf >exf6nfive> tribe f j’the Haae. J
.fo#eial kinds, are wiry differenöuh fize, ufike the jjdog-kifidj i Which
creatures.they alfo refemble <in fiercertefs and vorasipufhefs,' d^ftroy-j
fog other- Fjs£h. - ffenee the.Sharkbfs ‘gpÉbd!
they, mófllyrrefêihble the ddg-lpeciea.jn^ this j yizi that there* are
|sme yejrydargg',. even feveral.ffiYhoms-.inlengtlfty. and f^rhbj' Yei^y
fitaaMyabout two feet jwhen tfdlk grown : .huts;hefote Jideferibn
each ©£ thefe; forts in .pftrticBlar, I fhall: fpeak of them in ,gpneral j
Jg^nelyy.%^td^^h^:Iha^^ltq» bonesy.properly ,fp iciUsd,~0£7
eef)tiaig that of the back, but only a cartikgi^os^cflf, gfiflly- fub-
flancey inftead bones : in the feeond place, ^hey ;tk>*nöt,dike
»oft : kinds of fifhj eje<9:: their ffpawn,i but/ftre-viviparous., andj
Jike the ^hahs, bring .forth their ydung.
birth, from a foft of uoabilkai öpening., In kss faellfoafe^ai kind
of eggs^.as largeais aheh’s ; 'bat the-y-are fbftyand havp no white.
3they‘hanig together as it were hy,a thrdadj food
fometimes fc* the pooler fortl.#»v Iö.thfeihird:"f^ftce,-:thëir.5kiniis
hard, rough, and full of a vaft number pf fmall prickle^| their
fine are laige^ laoad,: land, thiek^ :iwlè$^j|gOldfo^lh^ifiYi*yi#SliieSj
oafvers, 8pc. makeiufe of toipölifh their Work ^ * The Gnlhaaeiig
one of this ckind of fifh, whichi fhaill be. prefantly deftfibedj
has not fuch a; »rough sfein,, ibut' in i k a f a - "'btbQjl
Fhh. Thé.’ fourth dbferyfttioni I fhall riAk4VisyI;hat thpt |nonfhipf
the whole tEibeUdf Sharksi is hot placed^lliki rthaft.fobiany'jpthe^
kind of Fifh,. but underneath: a ; prbtty i fon^ focntó,|||yhtc^ j@$$
out, defigned, as it were, té prevent tbteir dnffróying ptfier F-ifh
in too great quantities fo® they are obliged ï4;jtmn .üpd® their
backs when they would deSM>u®: thnh!.' ’bgppenft > to
fwim juft unde®; them. - This ivife of Prövidenc&èó^p^i. -
tends, no doubt, to the prefervafibn of Other Fifh in fome Mea- de,1<:e'
fore, Beeaa& 4he Shark is the fistöefb .andi moff- veffaeiSus pf all
the Sea-fifh f . He bites; very keenly, and has ft vaft appetite :
P art I I i ''■&■ ■ ■ ' G g v'h«‘
* The young! Shark lies in a diffif&t poffiire From that óf «Wft.‘' ï irfh: of the 'Viviparous
kind in its motlutï’? Wöïhb, ‘»id has a commuhiri^ffiSf, by a ltfraH1 tub!?, 'with
the egg above-mentioned, arid receives lts' riötii'iïhmént' ffidirt it fetfte' tffhrf ofiS'hifth.
S^'wfeJÖBïfiaM:èram8HBiTO fiftdf ^pP^f.éS*Gd^phMe!lÉ^'' -i
p.his Phyfijso-Theolic, B, iv , c. 14, fpeiklnydf the Shark, pr the ChiöS .Ctóhaföiy
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