ida N A T U R A L H-1S T O R Y o f I fO R W A T. '
myfelf but-narrow, f think itî more. eligible *to*foMow• the natural
order. This I a voided *in my Account of birds and Fifties, for
reafoas affigned mlde* their reipedHve heâds. i
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ö yw Oyflèrs, Oftreaa : we havetbefe, 'particularly ©nThetyeftern
eoaft, » fupërior tô almoft any
others- hx Europe^ br^athis - species is very different ^om thes
crifismoft fort. Thofe of the. ordinary ftiape and fixe may be
arranged into three forts, according-.to . the- ground wheretheyare
taken ; namely, the Rock-Oyfters, the Sand-Oyfters, and-the
Clay*.Oyfteré : théfe laft are the worft fort, and not regarded wilen
the two former are - to be had > îojç the.
live upon, gives them a kind of- muddy tafte. The SanbOyfters
are preferable to thefe ; ynd are ,o£, the fame kind-.with bhofe,'
which they take on the. fends, at.Toridern andjJFJiadftrand,- in
PeBmark-*Thefe are of a.good- flavour. and free from that muddy
tafte ; but they are not & large and fu l f i i the third loft,banidlyt
ihe ftotk-C^flrets, : fo called, becaufeTniy flick fô tHê foc^,
under high-water mark. Tf^hefb, efpeçîally. the larger fort of
them, which the Dutch call (jroeribarijès, or Gruenbeards, . are
excellent : their ftiells are nkub thinner * , but theuFifb%bpe®
âs big as thofe taken at Tonder or Fladftraiidi;' Thefe are vefÿ
fat, and have a- good flavour, èkçept ft be in the four Summer
fiioriths- j "during-which time they are out 6f feafon with,us,f às/in-
other countries where they are found. ; Our filhermen ufe a kind
o f wboden pincers’ to break! ïbertf, ftorn the"rbéks5/* With ‘Which
they take off one or .two -at af a tflfle;.. | |
Befides thofe that are eaten frelh in the country, great quantities
are pickled, put up in barrel^, anq ^Xpoitea f ôJniany .ÿïace;S
in the Baltic. Thefe are lohietimes prptty Targe pearls found in
fhein, but feldotii df that pûïfly ;br tièffljfihbh^tb *fiSAH£ their full
luftre. : It rirfeid the Crab .and; St^r-fifti often, feed .upon’the
Oyfter f and that they ufe th is , ftratagefh to preyenf their being
pinched by the fliell/ for whilb i t is open they throw in a ftoffe,
which hinders it from fliutting clôfe, .arid then the Oyftet becpUiés
an ealy fic y to them. They leem to exceed the wrly fox in this
* How thin and flat-the Rock-Oytors are, we niay know by their traniparency
when^held-a^aiiifl:- a-eàttdfe. Thé -Sand- and- CIay-'Óyftërs‘hafe/föul 'fliefej-'tiirêè-'br
four -tirfièsjas thick as the latter} and .Gohlfeqiieikly take tip a. great dëahmore’. room in
the calks. Onthe eaftern coaft they have,.Qyllers of a,nyjnfllofs. f i z e . ; In the Icing’s
hiiifcurn ht .Copenhagen: there arc two Oyfter-lhells, ; which' were drawn up with ,n
cable âtîôoâ-, êâçfilhf îjwlhelïrwéighs '224: pounds ; they are five feet' - iri diatheterj' and1
the Filhwas fo large, that-, every one of the Ihip’s crew had a..cpnfiderable piece
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paaXisplar, j,Joe tbatp^knal,; rw1yyithftanjdiag all hi? cunning, often
PaW* ot eycm&a topguq m tfce ftell, and then the: Oyftet
l^dsbirpiaft:/- lc^^at.be^lgn^d^in^'df'bwned fey, the- fpring-tides».
r. The .fltor-Skal* the \ Earge-fheft, or Stof^Skisel, called alfo Large-Oioii.
the Kderling-Qrejj «the is-another, kimt of Oyfter,
twice,as;lar:ge( as IM amaaen A . A 'jjhcv Ihclli of tbisFifla.: is thin,
white, and fttiated like tl ^ ^GQcki%lhel|,, The ;ppj)©F',ftiell is
quiteiflait, the pnifer jopO cpucaye.-!) Thoyjgaroicriificfopttd sini any
great numbers/nor are they eaten, bfsra:; the fliell .©«%, is ufed to
flew or fcpjlop Thefe are alfo^aftfed Spanilb -
becaufe .£be];flfells ;af© ufed |fio b^Utkfyiigipttes!? ■fipjun-
l?ihs and cafeades, and,-arc imported far ih a t purpofe liom dpain,
i§;4aid-Tocl^. more frOqueoU,
and more- beautiful than oprs^,-,
; Thei Top-Qyfters,, Patella, theTimpe^ ^ are -alfe caled Half- i^oyften.
%fter%, b^ufeifhgyi, h^ye pply put» e»«R^|
and ribbed, ,and p f a, dulky colour : this sflorie-coVers them j on fthe
other dido they -flick feft to the r0«fc.' They are called alfo Elbow*
fbell, bc^apfe they refcmbfe: ,tbe elbow when, the arm «is .bent»
Tkpy:.rire-.®o|I eaten here j b u t thei French feijors are very thank-
fpJr.fer.-themb when they Conjettoi our: poitsi M- Tourheforfc calls
them Yeux de Bouc, or Goats grid1 anatom
mi cal deferiptioii of the Fiftr contained witfei© them» ittlhis Voyage.
du.Eeyanit,- py fequ} j/jThiftio^ksI'more .lik e a rSnaif
than an Qyfter, and, has a feriall head,, and - two, horns oiTenta-
cula f b u t iits fliell feems To entitle tp, a place in this-cfels.: :.
The f,ang-8kiael, the Lorig-flrell, the-; Sole», or Razor-fliell, Long (h=u.
confifts of two fhells of equal convexity, abbufi fix inches long,
b u t hardly an inch broad.. Thefe fliells are whift, within, and
cpveted on the bptflde SaiM-cbloured,;|flimy fubftance,
which often peels off when they are" dry. The' Eifti is not featem
here, bait only uled fora bait*. t - GeflierUs ^Us it Ba^yl'us, and
fays the :Fifla keeps always;one en&c^tlw-.i&eU Dp^tjuiar.o^bb'j^-
put out its head in queftiofeffod, ;■
There are found here befiae Thefe, 1 tiyoi d&rent fonts otf: Sheik
filh, bufr fmaller, which I rank among-the Gyfter-kind: thefe are
not larger than a crown-piece, and feme, much lefer Thefe two
forts differ not onljr in* fize, but in the.flaell/TorTbe, ribs oncthef
furface of t the one run like the radii from "the center, whereat
they ate fe many^oncentT^’^idfek on 'that; o f :the:pother.. Both
* The colour b f the Fifh is reddim Miey,®:en fea-|e;the flails, tip’ their bodies
ftem very delicate, and are f6'metimes..feen fwimming in,the water without them. ■J forts.