A Continuation of, the former, concerning F I S H and
F I S H E R I E S .
Sect. I.- (tf-L ihg, Salmon, tbeiPiperj andotheri. : StCTV'll. O f Mackrel, the
Porpeffe, and others. O f the -Naruhal, Lamprey, . Salmon-trout, and others^
Sect . III. The Horfe-Mackrel, andftbers. T.Liy,. O f phe j^ zo fefiffc
the Oftracion, and tbefffiornbackf S9tt. V.^oft&e Sea-Xlhdlef,fhe iferryigr
b the Xiburnus, the-Oattorngive.1^ 3S®!
or Sea-dffuHi] th f Sturgeon, andXS'caordfiJh^'- Sect. THU) Q$
and otheri..\. Sect, .VIII. -O f the Seahorfe, the Sea-Scorpion, and
others. ' |
I 'S L .0 f^
rF ' H E Lake} or Lake/fild, the Marena,pi; ¥refh-water Herring,*
a frefh-'wat'er Fife,1 of ‘ which ^gVeat/ numbers' are ,c%ught
in the - lake'Store-rhios, on, HedemaVkon. The' peasants .meter*
about dry. and: export them. , They are fhaped alnpft like a Herring,
but are ttOt cJtlite fo" large, nor lb fat, and .well taftod ; ana,,!
indeed, are not niuch regarded by thole who have vafietyofother.
Fifh: I make no doubt but' this Fifliis the fame’ wpn that.tmicjf
Schon veld rcalls Marene. ^ This ^authorfly s they are roundTn great
quantities in the Holftein lake, near Ploen, and in the Mecklenburg
domimohs,1 neat Syeriri . ce Harengo omnibus fere .paftipus reipqn- ,
del?/; jritmis, btanchiarum lncifibhe amplrore, ;ti orfi fubnigro, la-
‘ • terum argenteo colore &f lquamis facile de’cidui.%
j| eft aliauand^ ^ubrurn bihriinum p^mbruin lohgit^di|U|«ple'J
“ • nibire itexii tarne 1dnribreJ& lftiabilibrO,”ventre inolli nbpferraio,-
t( nifi quod in Icallenfi lacu marenas cubitales capi certum eft.”
Willoughby, Lib. iv. cap. iot1,p. i p , ,
The Lange, Ling, or the Long Cod-filh, a Sea-filh, lo called
from his length, which may be fix feet at leaft. It would belike
an Eel, if it was not lb thick towards the head, which makes it
look more like a long and narrow Cod. It has a fort of a long
fin, running all along the middle of the back. The lkinds
finooth, and of a Alining light colour; the flefii IS well-tafted,
N r A % 1 O R Y::o£UV 0 R PPlA T. t3J
agdrfeckoned .thohnofti,delicate? of the. whole kind.' It is ieht;
to .many, parts of Europe y kilted, and dry’d. It is brought to
Bergen, where there iE a great, dem&d" for it by foreign! Mer-
£|;^'ta.f.: ■ ,.j.::fir;a.veih r ij . n : ' & z o v a ~
. I The.Dutqh ..iffe, a great deal ofiat. for Ibips'ji^ifidw oh lolg
vPIfgfb jbecaufe' iti- will keep longer, than any' other Fifti in ho?
cquntries^'twhefi; it^a® been well cur’d, and*ithe»: taftes better
than ;W'b?hoit',i§ fre$i6 - • The Lingrtifually co'mes towards the Shore
a!-.9Pgj^WTh;ithe^pfiqgHepings;0OE-,fo8n after thelftpngreat-lhbals:
^ P 3TWi|to arf'lh the:Stor%gen,:'or the:lohy S a b !
bank,; men^ipnftd-jbo^tr'jthat.hftretchbsdtfelf along the coaft. T o
thfs place'the fifljeriji'en; gb in- the; midffe'esf -Summer, to ’-fiAi for
Ling and Turbot, twelve or fixteeh miles'from the main land/
•al^fi^lXr^MpnrlSalme^ ^--.dHl-kriown^fconfiderably laiVeiL*. ■■
agTe^celle^tEilh.j. hasbbdghfc^lyer • fcafcs,r;biitwth& fidlh
to.be; oaeofitbe mo ftidM^ilSbd-hbft- tafteef'
E r l h ' . t l ^ p h y f i f d ^ i s do not reckon i f WfelfiMi, ^wheh i#
frpih^ .|ini;tOp Ignea^a i^baiitity. ci
^Ag|.the.S^mpn isihbfcfoadibf biting;at a bait,. d | M
dom ^iiy Fiihfound rh;its'belly;:•fomeuat'e'inclined W ttinkTfiaf
fas it,is faid qf-the Herrings-) itrlives upon-watei« alone/ and- that*
P- 'rp'&Lij.HeifaytJi^; M b Johdfi
aCuims'me .that the Salmcm is iond -of jfineired #0^b/%?hehctftef
are. thrown dnJtO; the.'water y bht I ftiall 'nob determine .
Ilhall only obferye, that as the.Lord of nature who-has^&eated'
^ t ; ^ ^ ^ ^ A.^j^i^eh:|the,iSaliHonigobd teeth^ We? ihay cbh-?
elude the former opinion iswithoutfoundatibn; for it were abfufd*
to/i%0they:;were givpri them, 'only , for.- weapons,; ^tddhF^d-'themfelres
againft Fifiifofc prey, .:1 am to obferVe'aifo,ltfeat ohb df
coi^poi|#ntscafiirmS.y ■ thafcrhb hast found fmall Hof rings in- a 'Sal- - -
m°n’? beily ; „ thQJ :the!Salmon as? .but feldqm difpofedi tO rBitOaf'the
hookr;ypthe: Wilffoinethnes dp it.’/
W'dWghby,
ppinionif concerning the Salmon s breeding in tfee thinks
that is done in freih waterj from whence.they afte’r'wafds go**toj the
% • ; bnt injthi^he is! certainly miftaken; The:Salmon nnq£ieftf6h%eedin2-
ably brpedsln, thefes/ th6JjAtIas^fewatii«^k^J'h;^e^n|?a
t'-Kei quantity1 bf'chrfTiffi veiy' inGonfidetabk WnroportiomiQ ,
fo^qfiers v.but yerth«»fe'Was eXpciilhi-n tfie‘year ’
or;720itoo,p. averdupoife.., ..'. . Afin .fob! VQ3hm™8H^«w A m M B h BBS
f ^ / ’fe^en'IN^eld^i; chaplain atJE^ara«imlMMK .miWditeobfc,
vauon's, jip -Siit- he Has
that