Melancholy
accident.
Marfvin.
them, are" very fond cfcdSfcajBjjai flelh. i Id sis -ikid, --ekk t ' if' ' à
naked man fwimming. in' fibs iea .happens ; to-fidl ^ With •& fhoal
of Mackarel, they will devoür him ïn an iffiftaiît; 2 f t ifeàppêned
very lately, that a faîlor^ewrfitf îbek^ged t® a dfcip ià>L«âdcMeh
harbour, who wentintothe water tb wiafh :hifirieifç ' Wâs* all bn a
fad den milled, to the farprcâÊiqf.chis fhipimatiês $rt in^feW mirtutes
time lie role, to the furface of the water all over* bloody, and vaft
numbers of Mackarel fattened, upon ÉSmr which'thèy cpüld hardly
force to quit their laold^'and when they did it was toolatèÿfor the
poor creature, without dpùfat,. expired ini iffed^hby
oblèrées, Lib iv. jvL ps. xoiyithat:c|hjs#ifls .fetf fiélçÿir-b(làdàèr
under the back ; this, is lo mugh the more remarkable ,- £becâbfe,
as has been laid, already,^ ïhey fwim -exttesml’yf êpikSt' Hts
wojpds. ]arfei IjM JEkr fc®rn|M,is: olim (QaarUffiJ êbnfkfiöl^fdr-'tafSdrtk
tSSmbnh’àl'; Pline .§«&» XKsL.e* foil* Gârfcm ^ llêâfbri¥l£cHSÔiIs
apud Byzantmos fieri Here nunc dièrum intelK^j ïeferëntè Bef-
lonio.” ThisGarum is what the Italians call Caviar, otherwife
,n*âdè of StutgècaTs refeï -'.-rtfiie&r --Fiik are found in the 'Wifiéös
üdaf: AiTàw, arid nthe c€avjwr.~is at à igrêat '©xpeSeé Mrflp©#ted
fromiRïblEaqtovItaly. ; 3 t is:aïlèrtedp hbWé?et?Wlfet;-^ - ïè ^ b f
MhckareHs afedc&rrfikvoaE ip the Mécficérfrinèariy Wdèf d&ig tb tKè
-teftimony ’ above ^cited. If this he tïue, wh^ lM ^ t dt ^ bof‘bê
ufed hére dhr the ifeme-ipuepofe,; rather -than th ro wn |à#^ aaS^
cunftkhtlylis: inriiahy places, Where theÿïcHfeh ^^llikbbnâhnç^
and pbcMe ;them'âs ewe î^io-ïfcrftflgs/ic^hé-’mWihod^iâf'nfeking
Caviar may be compriled in a,,few words: they walh off aM{°fhfc
blood and flime from the ^roe ivith yitjpgar, and take away the
finews and Ikins that are about it ; then they lpreadit/or a little
tinfe'-tefebj;: afted this they ifklt 4t,caöd4 a^ït;öptïi^lifet^ ïhat
thé: moift ure may: drop.from kil V^hërt all this Hl donè,- >they,lay
gt in à lieve ör cdllendar, titbit is thofoùgMydfÿpkfiâ fiïlfef ïïfè.
The Italians pay à very great price for this delicacy. *
, Thé Maifvjn, or. Bórpefle, which i ik »called fiéfé Nile, and allb
T uinlery îtha Tfimbler, : beçâulè i t ™ always' 'fèfirt rélfihg‘-up -and
dawn, is à £tsjt F ilh, about léven -feçp long,'-■ ihâÿéâ’. ' K-ké'-'a' frrftàtt
Wbalé, excepting the tail, which is broad. irid :dbès'',fióê Hand
horizontally like that: of the Wbâleî ,ItS riioiMi is4ikfe fhe'lnbut
df hihog, bntnlhbrt, and itseyès fmgll f! it has k'gheat many teëth,:
dad-tholeHveiyi lharp. Thé tongas i$ thick’'andfound,1 khd lo
Ibng tbalt; it ï hangs'éüt of iïsnffioâthï. Itsdkirt is very thirty
finbothrj .and eda blaçk colour $ rtrtd feels as hard as* bone. Under
this: Ikin lies the fat about two inches thick >-; out - of • Which they
melt drain ollci^The flefii is notregarded,:iu'rtiels: it bebythe'
poorer
N A T;U R A.L H I S T O R Y Jof.W 0:[R\W A Y. 1
pQore,r forttpf peopj^j^^ pickle'it.' The Scots eat it,; and look
uppn it as a.yery-goO^dilh jrandi 'i^North America it is laid the
French^make jlaüïaggs-of it. ThejMbreed like the Shark'and
Whale,* beingt©f;, t^eWi^i^ous |in;d. It is^afemed that they
breed’ everyofMfath-,,3aa<%,one, ojF^rpyr, cq^efpojidentss is of this
opinion,; but- I d|r«phot aflfert this^foj:,a ce,r|alnty,, urjlefs Ijgould
ipeet. ^ith;/artbei^iCónfirmatóQPj' ■ ^They art Ipmetiipesf Ihot j and
are alio^Gaqghtgwhen they rim^tp/paiihw ereeksi.with jthq Stjmmer
Herrings-: for ^is^gprpple the filhermen, have^ % Vjprp^rono1 net *
this‘ they ^readi.öiyef,th^ipopth ,e^vthe creek;where,;^her&water I
„rnps/out, whïchris ^open, \th¥ t they-^erfe }thefe(^ad |throug%'
?nd thea3jFjvKke^h^fi^l^r^Fiilhji^th%yl,fbkk by^thfe gxlls.L^l' nn
Tfc IjPpp the, PoEpefie^re,fond.of. 'the hoöiah ffpecies, ^|{d feek
their beip^/öncTp^foJlejvmg 7b®^|s iand lbips inltthe Mediterra,
imjginff’;th?it-.this animalrjs fon d 'óf mufi.©,, and may„be,piibl4red
by ^ eans;of£^|, It>is Certain that it kkno,!oqq,ofvjihe muteF d h e ï,
for fometimqsjthey make-^nèife lik e t-he crie^ p f a -hnmanyfpreaj-,
ture. :,;Tb^s ■ '
Mare , % aufe ’they are very voracious, purfdmWafi kjnds ofdmall
Filh. Gafpar Schottus, who 111 his Phyfica Oü|iofa) Lib. x. cap.
12 : p. to.85. calls- thisrthe K in g o f1 Fifhes, vand relates frqmi iEli-
an and other ancient, writers,, fem arfe^lg ftoHesl7c,Qnceroin^‘
it j.andjthe.fe, i f Wq .fuppd^fthem t^ue,( confirm their gffefho» fqr
thelJ^msn-kindi,;
% , Marulkl--^See. Ulke. k^Marulke.
■ 'Mort^Stee Steyp- for of that:kind, thokiSehas, a differerifcMon.
'jname, becanfe ijurhicb-is fpaa^efe.W
:riS E C T. III.
Thé Narhyal,, Unicornu' Marinnm, the Unicom Fifh,V'is!, hkeN^ai.
the former, of^the'Whale kind; bpt, n’s far'as I have ’been abl-e
to lbatrtp this; 1^cibSs: is^^(^^|^rtd:pn i tl^e: coafi- of‘-Nor way:
®thWt' Up-dy* J w h ^ lo rt|p iei Grèénlandcöafi:,
it it not'uncbmpion.; The,,anobymóus-aütnbij.ó’frfl letter 'éb^fcèm-
ingthe Whale-fifhéry' prefix’^ to’ thë Da'nifh ‘ tf apd^b&^TPéi r ef^s
l^idunt- 5bfIcelaW; M TMbl^wO^'t T ip
NarWhél’s bödynkm f^nSJs]bF a,l a i^ hbrfë f
* Befide ’
a Mak Flfh oP-a voy^wwnt "
'< ’Tr hay,e been a ycrung qnd|%fcic;%Q?ofcJiipgil) die various 'ictloufiÉicflat aWW
be read in Willoughby’s BiftV PifC.^|CppeSa. b.‘ I2. others'-haye/een them 43.ici.44-
feet -lqftgssj«*
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