i j 4 NfA T.U'R A ’Lg H I %-YHof N W t f l^
kap. , ; Ther,e is a |tr^mge,,and hazardous way of ^ f^ tn gB^jJy,on
pra&ifed in the moggie o f .Uju'iAippapdp near that iamdfp
a-crofs; TtfieCJjdyer Man^a}p<^aUea i^iglIa|jtls-BrQe, ;which;Apipit
upon piles, refling on two high and Beep rqck?, and is, reckoned
one.,of the moft curious, pieces jjJVto<&\p$pi£esin« j^s,,country.:
it is 3,6 feet abqYp, the, commpn.furface of me ■ water, tpo fome-,
tjm.es,it rifes fo high as to«e^ngljptb? hndg4 l-,W^ePkp5 ^QW.n^rta
Dangefous fuddenly from the rocks. A jltfleeway Ajrt&jqt this
fifhin£‘ bridge, near a farm-houfe called Fofs. this . rity^t falls fromthe
top of a' high rock, which: projects j out, with rugged ftpnes on
each fide, and deep fcavses!{ at thei bottom.:, the violence of the
fall. makes.,,the watet fojun^apdjpky up like a fpuht &inInto,
thefe deep cavprns^ juft By the cafcade, clo .thiefe .pppiftq.Yentu^e,
thenifelve§, pa.;a. float made ^Qg^tl^ef.
with (fcwjigsC - If thp .float ibreaki tpeit flyes .sureAa±jftp|pe jjdppthev
mufl fall .iqtp the ftreanv ■ which „carrips tthemi awajf-with an.
amazing violence. This an^l^ey, M®p
taken up half «dead, at aiconfidgrabledift^
Upon thpfe rafts they eiiter’* the, honpwf places/Of
which the Salmonloves jto
by the filhermen, -they crowd, in.great nuipMfstq thei pn^rance
of the cave, and a^e taken there. The Salmons ps-^fatteA: in
Spring, : hut is lighter and looks jral&r ^Ug^t jatter Midfummer.:
Many of the peafants that live m , the provinces, bordering on the,
fea, make a considerable advantage of the Salmon-fifhery, and
even clear more than their ' tax.es by, it-./iTherejis^ annually,
exported a vaft quantity of tbepp fome drieq.3^xne fmoak,
and forpe pickled, in barrels, to Bremen, Holland, Flanders and
France. It has been known, that ip. «Me^day paprpj.. than ;2opQt
frefh Salmons hayejbeep „brought into Bergeq. > .
Lodde. The Lodde,. or Stinking-Fifn, is.i. d Sea-Eifh, in, fhape fomp-
what like a Herring,* bu,t not eatable, thor ’tif exf remely,|at^ .When
they are fometimes thrown up ion flidre,,‘in ftoptny. ;weather, By
the violence of the*jcurrents, the gpats will'
flefh will ,be jnfe£l.ed with fuch a difagree^ble .fpeir apd tafte^
that they cannot be afterward? eaten. The verfps that Mr. Peter
Dafs quotes, p. 47, in his Defcription of Nord^ndJdp ,w,hich
place alone they feem to he known, reprefeint the Lodde as a .v^y
mifchievous Fifh, which entices others of more’ yalue away with,
him, from the fhore, and. may 'be looked uponi as. a nufance, ,j:p,
the country.
u Bort
N A T l l R A L H I S T O R Y of N O R T F A T. 135
, I^Rórl Lgddo' med at din forgiftige ftank
jAl Y erden-foronlker dig alfkcns lkavank
[jj.JDu eft o's etiriis’ og-.en fvobe:
Ret laafbm.eniho'fe^deritragter at flye,
Baa, rqmiper ungdpmjpen med hende- af byeip 1
^ j^najbpkkej med gederne lbb^ Stc.”
Thejfènfè of which, lines is this : . .;.
Away. Loddf with thy^poifonous.ftench,
-All jb|>jWprId wifBeS jtheé;tpain and torment ;
art ^tefjuk^rod and :a dcouijgp,;,, .
Thou art ja^-avWhQtespretending- tofly,^;
J^qrder^.d^llillhe L®wpry^onth away with her Opt of town.
the wanton he-goats after the feÉ
j
2'ir^he Lyr ;èr Lyffej the Piper, a middle-fized Sea-filh, lome-|A
l ‘.k© the Trput kind in. lhape, tho’ fmaller. The fcales
alfo are lefij- and .the flefli is excellent. 1 Some, look upon this Fifh
to be -.nearly allied to the Salmon; and the roe is reckoned a
g&Y great delicacy. jThqy arë caught with a. net,- but not in
any great quantity. Aldrovand," Lib. ii. c. vii. fpeaks of a Filh
ip the Mediterranean by the name of, Lyra, whofc head is fbaped
like a ,harp, but whether that belongs to this clafs I do not
kqow. '
:yS E C T. II.
ö I The hlackarel, Scombèrj a well known Fifh, of about a foot Mickar»h
long, with beautiful blue-apd: green ftripes'on its. finooth fhining
fkm: the flefh is like the Herring’s, but without that ftrong
flavour ; and has not fo many fmall bones.- ■ It is very white,
and agrepablè to thófè who can digeft their fat; but is not
reckoned very whqlefome by the phyficians. When they firft
appear withi us in the Spring they are very lean, but they grow
fatter towards’ the,Summer. The Mackarel is an unfteady and
uncertain Fifh;-for they; go in great fhoals from one place to
another, and drive tbe Hèrrings before them, which are terrified1
at their appearance.;! They are eafily Caught with hooks and:
hues, and in nets in great numbers. They are i pickled, and
exported; but what is got by them hardly makes amends for
thedofs.of the Herrings which are driven away by them. They
are exceffiye greedy and voracious, like the Shark kind; and, like
them,