f t A T t f ' R A L H I S T O R T of N O R W A T .
have, two bmathiagdlioles. ia* the fe e k e a i, and) ftk»' feopt kgs.
A N ^ a t t ^ fiflierniaa has aliased me;. -dt*hi® own knj®^<3j ^
that it 'is in vain to {hoot at them with bills; for their hid«1 is fo
. is t t e o n l f thing that Will ^dcse
ifc I hake fea» this, creature dby’et at. Leyden, in the gallery 'o f
the.Phyfffi.Garden; but them it goes jancte* tja.©name o f S e d «
G em whiehxreamre it more refeffihies than a horfe, th e there is
a'S^wet«r-dififereiMri'fro«ft- this,
The Vas-Silcty or Vas-Herring; k j «o appearance, much Ms©
the other Herring; except that the head is fomething (horter,
and the eyes as well as the body' a good deal larger. They
bite at a hook and' bait, but theifc ffefla is not fo good) as the
Herrings. 1 1M §1 & $jw. ; , .
The Ulk, or Marulk, the Sea-Seorpiod3?catfed by the lehthy#-
ibgkfls Scorp&is Mafiflis, bec'aafe its M ti fi jp^ifcnbos ? this Ron-
d e k t aifefts upon expefienee, w-iih -tl&,adAiltoifc£ that- j f r
child that was bitten by one of thefe* creatures-,■ by applying ^he
Ever .of this F iift'ts th e wound Willoughby, Li& ivge. g | .
after this: author, diftmgmflies, them into :?t-wo kinds; namely*
theimail fort, which it fe faiddom not weight a p o und; and the
larger. The latter alfo differs in feme other refpefts from the
former, and is often four feet k in g : the head -is bigger than the
whole body, and, is o f a hideous afp ed : the mouth is a foot wide*
and therefore this Fi(h is by feme called Wide-jaws p and with
us they ufe their name, as* a figurative deferiptiont o f a perfon who
has a remarkably wide mouth. The body, which is reddilh, .'.is
covered with fmail fcales, much like a , Snakes : a ftrong fin,
with {harp points or prickles, runs along their back. The liver &
the only part of this Filh that is'ufed, which yields good train-oil.
They are very voracious, and will deftroy not only other Fifh
almoft as big as themfelves, but alfo many of the fea*birds, particularly
the Gulls and Divers.
f t A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of? N 0 R W-A T. i d i
C H A P T E R VII.
Concerning e^ n gu iou s^ ifh , or tfiofe without blo^d;
I ’ '®bbr ipclofeff
■ i B i H B l M W 0/M7s, hp-ty^'andfaiI
■ m tb a large p e ll- hng Jfreltp d f^p oM j^lt. III. ^MuYcles Pearl-'
^'Muftnes-■, andrfome. actoun^M. the Pear£JiJh<&y .fa S#£t 1if®
I */■ ;, ■ LwJterSj and weir^aav^ageous jjjh ery in this KIT*
1 (frofs-Jijh, or Star-fiftpMa)u$w; :UhdPWl^PmdK’-
... S E C T.
T T IT H E R T O I have treated* </f fuchSea4nimaIs, caught
A 11 about the^ coafta. of „ hforway, ‘ps are properly "called F if f -
thefe have^Jtones^jpr ,c(artdpinous.(ubftance, and, blood in them!
Tnow confe to certain kinds, wbiph are/ very different/'and ,by'
four kinds of, Ammalia.exfanguia: namely, the Soft kind the
Crn^aceous^the. ".l,^
three cl^ffe^o^ them, ,when he ix;^Air^ ^ g / Pffeium
quidam {anguine, parent,, de .qhrtpls dicefktis“ Sqjit autem, tria
genera, dmpnrnis^quae
tenuibus, poftremo teftis cdnc|ufa duri^1 I fbalL adhpt. this laft
method ‘ with
relpedf to their form and. ufe. ;
.r : Firft,'. therefore ,J; L fhall fpeak: o'f ]the teftaceous kind; or thoie
that are confined 1ft hard {hells, in which theyAlive ,asf it^-were. .in a
houfe; fijch are Oyfters, Mufples and Cockles I {hall after tshefe
treat of the cruftaceous^kmd, that ps, ,thofe'which|aie furro^nded
w ^ h ’a thin {bell, th^t is’jlhaped like^jand’ juftly adaptedf% their
bodies,:-, this fort, are die Lobfter, the Craw-fifii, thef Crab,
the Shrimp, and the Sea He^ge^h<^; In the ttird place I {Ball
defcribe the naked ,^orfoft |nd defei^tlefs fort / fuch are th^Scuttle-
filh, various kinds of ,Starr fi^]i, and .other cufious Ypedes;..to be
nam’d in their order.- I f thefe kinds were very nu^erous, Tfhould!
treat of them alphabetically’/'?aS I have d^nB/irt the preceding
chapters, in defcribing other Ipecies: but as the difference ini-thefe
is4much more perceptible,«-^and the bounds I' have pfefcribed:
FaS I 'I I . • T t myfelf