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natural method of dropping i t : this feems, indeed, confirmed
tQ:'be the* fby\%^e •obfecyatiojiJM ;pfjtfeve^al! perfcnss j; for kbey
are frequently feen to dig,.’with: the^motio® of their! tail;- feveral
holes in land or;$l&y under a rock, where! they eje£fc their roe in
common, ^ajid theix roll a
Thefam® is f<aid of;f<pme others ; of. thasfgehns, particularly of
the RiyefjTrout. ". Tiratsi^- fl'ti'Tfafiltesra^rcal ;Fefiaf natalitia itiirma-
tim congregantur.- Scrohestcaudlis excavant, deque o&odecimcircb-
ter in unum collopantes, inihiafoetificant,- fuprahfceturam.lapides
advolvunt.” Afoyfli'Com.; Marfili ;Dahub..Panori.Tom. iv. .p.!
Amongft Salmqq-7'fou,t Bilh called; I: here
Roer y they- haye this:-name,, bec&ufetrhey differ;'fromtthe bthers
in th'ejf^lour, of Jtbgir fins*,; which are
Tbey^afg reckoned^'wbofefomet than thi;Salmon-Tr0dt|;i aiifly^ie is
faid, are not fabjeft to thediftemper above imerutionedi.)^
pstt. theflTrgchujmi^Q^kEdrfeTMayliaite^fds^^ia^Jearanee,
a final! Mackerel, and it mufk eithet be^th© young, or ^ particular
- fort; jjof,the, {fame; ift^gHIhilg Which rR^snpbtddeteexmine, _? It ;is
much lefs and leaner than the ,common Maolcarelff andj ..without
doubt, it is; the Fifh which Willoughby.,* after Akhtmndus and
Bellonius, has called - the' Trachunus. - . H'ist account of i it \ ^rso thi&i:
u Scombfos colorgj ffgura 8c!rfaf5dre;'%fett|mst ?re£te sHdilmwisj'
. unde 8t MaqaerCaUi baftard, i;; e.iScojmbriM>fpdtdbs Gallis diciiur,
Verum minor eft quam fcOmber,'- corpore' minus: dpiflb' rotundaque
& pauJulumi.compreflov’ , Lib; ;jYa:ca^-i ica/'p«';.ag!Oiij ;
Pnor. - ... The Pour, the Dove, ;a fma.llr f®ej(hrw4<!CB Fi{h:; I have: never
feen it in the rivers thofe of
Nprdland. It looks ahnofi Tike a Herring,;,* ap'd.' isliefy i well
tafted. I(
Ogabbe. :. Quabbe. . See >Aale*Qnabbe;;
Qaeite. Queite,. SeeHelfe-flynder>:o
iv. '
Raate. The Raate, or, as ft may be called, the Sea-K.aru.dfe, as alfo
the. Berggylten, the Sea-Garp; for; betwixt the Karddferi,. particularly
the flat and light brown kind, and the Raate,., in fize,
fhape, fcales, and every thing, there appears outwardlyi'yCry little
difference, but in, the. tafte ; there is a great deal; for the
flefh of this is a great deal coarfer, tho’ it does not want for fat.
Indeed if one takes particular notice they may be diftinguHhedji
for, as the Hyflen differs from the Whiting, by tWiP'black ippts
on the back part of the neck, fo has this Fifh a black fpot on
each fide of the tail.
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. The. Rage-Kniv, Nbvacela, th e . Rdzorififti-, .Thish^i i.auae«iRaj«-*“ *
narn'e, hitherto not known ;dbUt)t'ac60rdijrig:<0Rth«'privifege; that
all1 natural hiftoribnis lake to give rtahfes ttoithings,that fill theix
had iirone,'" I will' venture .taigiveiaftmdme to a kind; oft Eifh but
felddtbifli%d:hei'e,'!whiehyaicording: to.thrq-;figure^taippears to-be ' .
fomefhing like, the tHIa,dei.6fea £a*z&ar(,/ and hardly a fpan longflj
itehasl x thin and. fta^ bodyi)- the befek./: frornmkhe headidqwnletd
the tail, iwhichlusi very fma% isv fibH«? of^fharp'fins, .or prickles!
There are others under the! bellyfialfos;: But muchifewer and twq
fmall'hSiifek uo4^;;the);headjr;whicfe. Sbrvthis;; Fffhisfeepta,S;iipratty. •
broadr ith^kibujt’ fin>alt>'in’’propar6odT t6 -the mauth .and eyesj.
which .are large/.' 11 haive-brievCr feen anyidfc thena^folh:,. and my
correfpondents iiri-’ the;,filhing. parts of* Norway entirely omit
them; I'^amtBtj, therefore,' give: any / pertain! account', df\ their
e&four, 'or'whethgf Itbey have fcales^i for I do nfllt pgfceive any
emithe diy’d femple;that Lhavejbefose me :>4h,oweyer, the feales
may be dried). in*ff&tas ,n°t tb be1 diftirigmfhed from'the skin.
I f |thifi®fh-,haps-fcdlesl, then, in my opinion^ ife<,< i% 'the '.fame , as
Rondelet/-:,g.\ 741 ,' calls, .after Pliny7* authority,; Povacjda, o.t
the R’rfzoE-fifh; As- thefe;’agree)/in? almqft' every ..particular*, I
haveiitaken the diberty to- name 'oor NorvegianiFifh aft'Cr ;th6fe‘
th,atf a^kAoWm^a1 the Mediterranean* T h e y *^ e Fqiifid there
iiV'gseat numbers,, and' areijreckon’di both, whofefotnejanff well
tafted.'b--
■ ' iT^he RodTFiskj«;called alfeiiChie^tt&ja middl'bTfizftd Fifh,-and'|t Rgd.Fua. ^
n;ative\dfiiAh©: : in- appearance:1 Ifi
has iarge. fcales,. sand thofa of a very; deep reduColq,a|r i ,the ejje-
i'; remarkably lavgey and near the fins,vbofh on the back and thp
bellyj there are fothe large and fharp poirlted i&onds;. .: The; flefh
qf this i^.hSrd and pretty fat. It is «aughti with a hook and line
in dfeep water: at all; feafons of the year.
!.. The Rogn-Kal * and Rogn-Kexe ate the male and: female of Rogn-Kai.
the fame kind; the Square-^b, or Oftracion. ; This is a remark-
able -falt-water, fifh t ;ti$ feldom much above:; a foot long, but
very-brdadj thick and clunffy.u(i;Wbatd^tRtopetly' the body: of
'fhis^hh|ife finail; yff the reft <|onfifts\'ff ta ;thick, jfhell; of ^
car^lagino^. or griftly nature, whichi makes l it appear flariyelled,
and irough. - This ftiell,, or cartilage, is covered with a reddiffl
4cin. liTbete a^e .feyeisal ydundrbony kuc4is,\ difpofed lQngifpdi-^
nally in three ipWsPon the'outffde pjr; it; The bead is, lifers'
the body, thick apd clumfy j'the mouth has a fort of a ring
* Bellonius,' Aldrovandus, Wormius, Clulius, and others, call this Fifli Oftracion,
bpt don’t feem to have any right knowledge of it.
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