N A T iÜ P i n f i t Ö R r o£/WO<RPPA Y.
fins,, i arid a 'whitiffi- skin,1 withJ hl$&k'$pqïs"ï _thi|’ is -thick, and*1- fit
tolftc&W ttottkè&rid' 'dörtffiiqft etosy ^ What-^Êill^ïfhes :fhfe ISRSr-
" whal from other lpedie%:.4sik fontanel pomted hdfn, of teh'Teet
öï mörë ’in length, prhje&feg fromhiv hèad, with which He
wounds 'other Fifh.” He adds, .that he has feen them, though
thejeiare fi^c^, ?hd difficult t o I had twd bfTÏifeïS
horns’ infiiny cabinetl hnt xhade prefëhts of them to to y ; fnënds|J
wtof&to: adtolrelfs <of natural - ejstf.iofitiesv Thefe*: w'etè wery mucff
Valued when they Were thought to be the horn of an imaginary
larid^toffoal^ called^the Unicorn } but that miftakejha$ fince been
$leared tipi by the Üifcovéry of this Fifh, and theformer is; dfily
considered as ia7 chimera;' tho3,1 on the contrary, ‘orie'-toaght* pfe£
füine that there is ftach a creature, from the1 analogy between land
and't’fea^animals* - GröënÖfid;iaK?^ ^ ^ 0 '
fuis ónuftis, ampliffitousi’Vir Heiiricus Muller, Quteflor Regius 8c
Goiifili&rias, aeeeprt copiam<dentmm'balen,<e cjHam/Narhval?<Voca5it’’
feu uriicornua boreaKa, multa 8c grandia,x‘ quorum afiqudftrkim ul-
narum löngitudinëto seqüabant/’ fiysTbi Bartholin, in A£tis Med.
Anno 1673, ObD 31. He has alfo written a particular account of
it 5 and,cap.xv. difeovers the fraud whichthuftra
pfaftifedj by pretending that this; Wbalé’s horn wis the horrFÖf
a land-animal, fte ~f;;n|PiTuq' |wjosyr/ayr '<y^< I
The manJ large horns which Wëto;1^U||ht' ftoto-Grëéqlafip at
that timê^ ‘hè fays,5 were ufed?,as, ma'terials^'tbVards comj5lè'aÈn|f
the magnsficeht tbróntóJ-^hich‘tó ftow-'to :be fefeh“ih the cafllë df
Rofenbérg at Copenhagen. This author, as well is' 0 # Wdrmiaif
Schonvèldiüs, and Jacobsens, afcribes- mdmcmaf3;VirtüéTd*?- thre
horn, tho^not fo great as imagined by feme others; forto one-
time * it was èueènrèd to -be alinofl as Valuable ‘as Gold* See the
latter'jMt Of pi i 4. of th'ait2lufhör%lwfis «Regiiiii
Nébbe fiia. » The Nebbe-fild, thé and AcUs Maa
riag^Mary’s .-N^edb, probably ;froqa its long and narrow fljapg,« for I
have feen feme eighteen inched id'^t& and their bqdiqs not thickW
thaq,adafge'qqilj,. Their t;ül? yrhieh. is,alnioft half their,. i* ,as
fipall qs a ftraw, togf at. the eudtiftopers .away tp ; a,mere thread.
The’head, like the, reft of thé body, is not rouncfbut; angular,
and. the month js like the beak of a fowl, though the.extremity
ii td s i^ ^little, fQ as to make,a flat hlupt^jhout.) They
Br«d -tod am ffompiQqly found. in the wet f^qd, ;pp tl^e. qdges
of \the mpre^1 and nof apfolptely in the water. They juce'^qe-
fafty’dq^'up with a" f|?ade, and made ufe of as avaafr .tlq^ t e h
. other Fifh, but other wife are not regarded in th'efe parts. In
. _ This, tfio called a horn, is truly a tooth of this Fifh, of-a lingular ftnafit-utó:
n a v a a ju n 1 o i u r ï or W O R ÏV A T.
the Meditefranean,iiaDcordui^ to Gefner^iiaimtkb ?p.i 9, | | 4 <
^ - i i« ^ « f o 6uiftmg'thein very'dHiate^fofth?table'
tod ih Nordlanfl they,iuatthembrbilsd.'' f( ’
.n, The Negeri Ogep,' the-Lampreys, 'Othef#ife>galfod the S f e k lw o ,
^ lue, or btonesfuckery is .taken, according to Undalini’s account'
m Store Mios, and other> frefh waters, pifeicillarly ■ in^be^iCers
of Mmdar|and fM a l, where they are f o M as thii1? a ^ | | a^’s
' wrift, though but, two feerlong, but i t ismbtloo’k ’d htida hbre M
in foreign countries^ as a well-tailed, or.eYdn'm' an m & l& m fti
' “ ’Mursena obvenenofam .quahtatem: nM imuierito fufpefta quin m
'®andentrbus f tifef j rftde Aldrovandus) M s m in is f teimiim faftidft.
p n t | days W ilfo q p% ^ pA 4 i® % (ariS often feeiito juiife toainft
the ftreato l ie - a SaliM.pin order t&'&t li^the tiveVs,'tod'with
their fharp-teeth they Iwili Jay hold of the rock : htente this Fifh
has ‘its Norvegiam-name, -wiz:; Steen-ftfe. ^
* , g t o U :
Wth ih fre(h)aod'*k « S e t,1 llki %hf Sdnico, and is o f thelkl&d
genSs ;■ at, 'is-much like’,the TmiM '
Tart, excepting .that the head is thicker and fhorter, and tfe>
badyy -near the ta%: is broaijery^
neither foifat, or welftafted. It is 'cau g titV h^ ? t o t P H i
where the rivets :empty rthemfe)v'es:lnto: thte fea *. ■
. I t is a very common Fifh'’ lh.'-thb fresh faMfe's tod' rivers "but
many of :thenv¥ e fubjea » b f .
be eatuTf. In that cafe tbdr head groWs verylargfe, and the body
.^emnaatedfand in • t h d r f a ^ s n fh t o n ^ q M d
femblmg millet-feeds. !: This; diftemprif-fe « f e e d 4 #fe f e f th i
faw-dqfl that falls into the nVers, bn Whleh ihere ‘are - mills’ for
TaWffig timber. Others; are ofopinion that the>Toe, which fsiforV
|arge m proportion.- t g ^ i ^ ^ . i s ^ s i t t p t t a t ^ I i wafftfdT being.
ejefted in' proper time, and -pcwfomt this
I cannot comprehend what shpulfl prevent them from doing i t '
of' ^cqnvehient place, according to Jheir
W ® M ro < k% ne.ftt, »bii many liher-hk&iplacis'
Can it be f e ^ o f e b r 1 t h l S ^ f f a S
have earned this fp^wnorj p fry «n i fcre? . O r j s ,i.t .poffib'le-.thaf.- t h i f o£
^entio^d in chap. r. caneff fflpm upV- a M o g ? # : as !
iir J fe lK W P t rojeks TO jF-aqo«p ? ijf Wf> tyatejrsj jnrfocftk fegh!fta-i
fo I t a in S hISbV h° fe P°nd? are m" § | P cks’ the larBer and fattel.a^th^yjfh ^ay
natural