12.8 N A TtJR A L n i ST O RY of N O R IF AY.
To get into chef© Gav8s;fthé pêâftnfeÉa:$ÿa'p^trafer
a fort of narrow boat#« ; A ss t hey{k now the- time when the young
« two boats in, company : dne goes into thé l#%rh/*wMlé i'the
“ other is left at the putfide-of «hé'entrance. .They1 have % robe
u o f 8ö fath^Ms®r more&fteMeë » thefë bóits atrM ^ eM% f e t
*f\ if the Boat which is gofté'in fhould he filled With wàéér, which
often’hap^%.the other^ «pon a^fig^al’gwën, may draw'it
« out, and fave the men. - As the • entrante is narrow, they have
(C boat-hooks to each boat, which they :malte ufe «fifo-pufh
u themfekes in and out. They carry a light, Which . is'a- torch
u as thick as a man’s arm,: along with them, that -theyJnkyJfee
“ how to ftrike the Sea Cakes: this lighty thëy -hide in fie
“ boat, that the Sea Calves may not fee the men - til#,#fey*‘get
“ upon the dry rock.' ? When they have gOt îh fo far that they
feet the ground-with théif boathook, 'tha»'4m»î)f -Æë'fedh
“ jumps put of the boat dhtp ^he Wk^r ilp to fhë âfid fie
u carries axlub to ftrike the animal with, which is calfethKobbP-
« Gaffe. Another man follows ; the former Vfth a light-în -éach
«hand, which he is ©bfi^d to hold-higher thaiv
P keep it above the watei1: r then a third man fofiöws witÎTa Koll,
“ or Kobbe-Gaffe alf©, in his hand, to ftrike them with. When
« the young ones, which lie on the' ground, fee the light and
“ the men, they ftrive to get into the waterjas for'the old
« ones, they get upon their paws, and ft and upon theft defence
« -with open mouths, efpecially the male, who will often make
« the man give way ; for when he ftrîkés at him he: will laÿ
“ Hold of the flick with his teeth,' and wrench it from him,
« a n d throw it afide out o£: the man’s reach.' In; fhis-cafe -the
« f third map comes forward with firs club* and ftrikes him on the
u hack part ofibisneck/andfo knocks him dbwn.v’ The females
« are not fo bold, but always ftrive to get away i f they eaff.
« I f they happen to hit the creatures right upon the head, they
are ftumrd with the blow,, and then theyr immediately cut
“ their throats. When \fhey: have deftroyed- all thé old ones,
« then they fall upon the young,, which ufually lie 'quiet a gèod
« way from the water, and-neither, mind the men nor the lights.
« They lie quite ftill, and fuffer themfekes to bo killed without
a refiftance. When th© execution is óver, they drag the dead
« carcaffes to the Waterland fallen them to the rope, by which
V the-boat without the entrance hawls thehi out ; then they
« row out with their boat ’ but if the Water be fhallow, the
« outer boat drags out the other, with the men, See. By this
« method
m  T X R A X H I S T Ô R V bf W Q É TPA Y. I 2p
9 method they fome#ûaès 'take ÿ-frëaf mahy^' tbfiÉÉfe number of
« ■ fifty or fi*xty, in*bfte|&vê>' The .^dd ïe fvare<Jbffeh'asI,Big as
«^b ôx,!l! and'M|very; fatj tfiaft th^^?fbmetinaes.three Vaagfer *
Tfte JJid'^thfJr ufe feritKofes ; the
« ©at, and the- fat M^tîlted^for train-oil ; an4*paXÏ of them they
«fickle and eatv”J|So far' L. Debé£
The K o^É^Ç a fmall Fifh, !of: à reddifh dolour, fix inches Koine. »
loûgy wih lïrge ly&Sj ^y^ defigl^ The!
roe is. reckoned ‘partic^wiyi ifftefi r th e y^ A fÿ for it in
ffefh wkter.
,Tile KeimiîiTd, or/habre plbperlyi Kulmünd, ‘bl"KuH”e'ï Mulej Kolmund.
gfvm ifceaar^feac^afe
black, is Salffiôh,lfe4bfe“i|is
fhaped like a Shmon, though the head is rather rounder, and the
Fifh is more tapering’'tewïrfis..,the; tail : the flesh, is nwhite, and
tiftes liki thàtf of A. Petfch J they angle for fchërftM fbr the
Salmbft, -but with US they donOttâtêbi a'hy*^1reat- hûïnbë¥f,ia
The Knurhanelitem, or Reinald, thé*'Gurnard ; ' the firm \# i’rha„e,
name itvha's from its being heard to grumble for half an hour after
it is drawn outof the wateij Itsifieÿ tàftes 'fcmèwhat like Mackrel, n
and I think, tho’ -I am noFcertain, that‘^ PW è fâjdé Fifh which
they cÿl A^ jai^Niot, at Sundpioer } ,êf,whfeh I, have treated,
before, i f It the fShe, it fias thtee najnes inJ bpe’ Jangua^.
Thôfe cokJpOAdëfik that^ Jayexpeôn ^ ® | ô f ‘ j^s.ÿiÜj,^det
tnê Karris.pï Xnuthane, ' rdèfe‘fîfee it'. to bë t^elve Inches îông, vfith^
à Pêâa ^IttipftjHfee à^é^r^h^a‘TOt^à ,-a n d T h e 'ro u g | t ,
kiîd ptickly : fhêy ' It n^aÿ,^e; Ilfed to pblifh wood, -oiVeveir,
metals ; cn this pàraçhYkr my Sùnàhoëfske, CQtre^)ondents take
-AO fldtide;1^^;Theyisfe,|iug^f ^ i th h b d k ^ p t l i^ y ;
"SrfÈ.'hùf-'m yeW abundant in:
plaess, ‘p a r t i n t n ^ T ^ Ke p n i Kingenge':- they are:
feen there iii affeore' by the-fifh ! | f 'bréyiand
eafily éaui'ht id fiHafinets •. thé^àreVéfl-t^fted.i
The iW lh iïfi; deheafêÿfrefh-^ter Fiffi, well-known W*m.
ip DeîïttiâÏK. '*
* A Yaag.in 3 ^ o |& 5 s tàVoîrdbpoi!&ÿj'eîglil1.'"i
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