fhape and its fîercènefi. . - Some; writersd®fcribe; tbis. Fi|k -'â fool
long... In this country they are teen* tho' feldom, about fix feet
long; ai^gJ^aii^their.. natural fize.l. Theifiample I hâve is'much
larger, being full feven feet, and perhaps i t is fhrunk a gbod
deal in, drying. The bones of it are rather grfftfy-tKàn hard ;
the colour is white underneathiànd darkifli above. The head1 is
fe large, that it makes above one half of the Fifty adjoining" to it
there is only a little narrow-body, which terminates in a very
fharp-pointed' tail. It has [lèverai fins/-the Iàrgeftôf
the two under the head. Upon the bdnet'of ' thefnOUt there is:aft
ereâ, long, narrow flip : the eyes are very Targè/andthe jstWs
open very wide, and are let with many.;row^ of ftrong teeth' : ’The
lower jaw is longer than the upper, and may be fetched quite
open. When he does that we’havd opportunity to fee the1 tongue,
which is thick ahd hrôà'd, umd haspidnltheuppef'part, aWtfmber
of Iharp teeth or pquate, like tbofe in the jaws;» fo\frai:-f noFiffr
tan poflibly bite more terribly than this. All round-the Under
, jaw-bone .there hang's lèverai flipsy" or falfe fills/ of «i-g-fifliyTub-
ftance, about four inches long : thefè flips,’before the -Fifla iÿ dried,
look like fo many worms. Thefethe Steen-Ulk makes ufè;‘ôf to
decoy other Fifli with,. when he wants to catch them. / T o this
end he will get upon the edge of a rbek/ and open his®jajys
very wide this ÿaft mouth the other Fifh, who-are ftriving to
get the fuppofed floating worms, take to be" ^n opening or crack
in the rock, fo fall a prey to this Fifh, and are devoured unawares.
palp. Sçhbttus, Jn.his Thyfica Curiofa, Lib. x c. tell,
p. 114*, fays'of this--voracious Fifh-hunter, that the above
mentioned long and narrow bone that ftands upon th'e-iüqüt'ftf It,
and hangs intb the water, ferves alfo as a bait tîMeéby-- the Fifh :
this may poflibly be, tho’ I fhould rather think that the cfêatüre
ufed it to ftrike filial! Fifh with. - This Fifli eats every thing
that cpmes in its way. : L. C. he fays, ‘Tdibus'prseteY pifèes etiam
carohumana, fi eopia fuppetat. Gefnerus refer ttfeteudiviffe, na-
tantem aliquando -virili membrô apprèhenfum detraxifle in profit
ndum.’V It is feldom caught, except by accidentally criming
unawares into the net with other Fifli. This Fifli is found
chiefly under the rocks, or among the weeds *,
stilling: Stilling. . See Hundftigle.
* P- S. There .has. been lately caught a Rina Pifcatrix, without any thing in Its
ftpmach but Mufcle-ftieJls, and a pretty large ftone. The Fifh ftood upon his defence
againft the Fifhermen, who being near the fhore, knock’d it on the head with the
boat-hook, -
The
The Sterne, ®r Storje^Stucio, ithê Suigdeöi, is ate excellent Fifli for stone.
-the table 5 i t is ten or twelve feet in* length, and :vöry foongand
voracious/ • We h^Bel5ére!,'befide the true Sturgeon, four different
forts of Fifli, called fap tbk name, with the addition of the names
of theleionwhich they feed, and &£ Whichfhey'may be accounted
the gdeateft. enemies. i Some am- called '§a|m®n-ftöijer, *ethers
Mackarel-fforjer, ethers Herring-ftorjer, and agaite, o diers Sey*
ftorjer *. 'They come towards the fhore about- Midfetoffiet,: with
the Sunmier-herrings,;, wihkh they drivealong at luch a -violent
Tate/ that they will raife diemfelves above the fuïfece'.èf thé^Watet
in the purfiait. They do not (win* together ihffcoals/#! extend ïu
breadth, but follow-one another itiI aI Rrait- - liny, laying hold of
each other^s-tails:- dwhète a 'W^le'^Rrihg^fcf Wem' fs ffete thul
together,- they hre fometifnes taken Tor the great Sea-feake, -of
which I fhall treat hereafter. 3
The Sturgeon is fometim as-caught in the SaImon-nets/'6i\.ftuek
with a harpoon, called here a fkbtte!.- '-Thte:fe#irdf4t is finely
interlarded with fat, ;aiid a fihgle Fifli will fill twb 'Calks.-They
are pickled down, and the peafents ;reek©tf thtan'a-'gthaT'-'delicacy.
they likewife cut them into flices, and make what they
calirekUng of * them. The Salmön^ftofjétf to- lÉte-tat'tfeft, and -bite
of its head alone may be extracted fdÉietiHïeélai^half edfetif oil.
This Stofjör, which is a large -Fiih. ofspfey9 dêferves the fmtnp
Accipenfer amdng the Fifli, 'as Well a s ‘ thé hawk-d^s : that- of
Accipiter smaong- the birds/ There is alloca-ught • hére, thb’ leldeHij
another fort pf Fifli of th^ fehfo^teamfcjSwhitfe ‘i# haWteléfiT
this is the true Sturgeon. It hasteb teèth in «the jaws, and is
obferved to fuck the flime at the -bottom ofkhe fea, which is theif
only nouriflimbtit. The Sturgeon fattens, like the Salmon, in
rivers- and frelh Water, i Sturio teuftquam fero velcette fatiflifliè
in praealto maricapatuir. Mariaeutft gignuntj fed fl-umina markup
nobilitant. Pinguefcit enim duktum uquaruni: fiauflkit Durli
éfeam quSerit, more fuis terram fiib aqois roftre'fo'dit, êSö?’ -Wil-
loughb. L. iv. c. 24.) p. *40. f have one of thefe fort of Stbr,
caught fone time ago in Nordfiord, in nly* CoIloSrion of the foarce
Fifh of this country t it is alinoR eight feet long, thé head at
firft fight appears fomething like a Pike’s, but inftead of the
mouth it has a kind of a foaut, with feveral flips or beards hanging
down unaer the head. The mouth » placed iti the middle under-
•Sturio nomeii Göthiöiim'effe afférit Jul. Gaéf. Scaliger, & ab .ea'gente' in reliquam
Europam tranflatiim; Quod, facife' triihi perfualêro. Ster Vel-Stoer magnüöi notat in
noftra fingua, quocirca probabile eft, ob magnitndinem iuam hoc generali. nómihë ap-
pellatutn quoque'fuiflè bunc pj-feeni.' "Accipenfer veteriam efle videtur & galeus jgbo*
dius AthenM^^ü&bio'filanïs, aobïs.Stbet'.’ ÖJ. p. ' !
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