I So N.A.T-U R A L H IS jffi O R Y of N O R W A ; Y/%
continued or lb many .,çt?e$ç|y
fütr’d âjîfôyërv . The%aïe-jcpveifed with fç y e j^ ^ e a ^ fk ^ ^ fc -jif
liftieYöund prqtu^x^ric^; 'and.npjón each(of tiheCe, inffoq^ferfe
^lèr&j^ an ômâr,^ iiî protuherpnçe ,^||b that what; if called Lufus
Natprsû b y fóme, is the, mark of a;gujte, different, ;fpeci^.7; They
keep on the faddy Bottom, orfeife,qn- the.fides of the .rocks, where
Öiëy Crawl aboub.ana ferve fpr ,food, ;to (mipy Qth§r fprtsf:of F-ifh,
as alfo to the fea-gulls, and other birds.of that kind. , It is faid
they have ftrength to crufh a Mufc'le "to pieces, but their rays
often' ïnhhe’ attempt happen to get in between the Ihells, ,and ^are
nippëd off j fö that fometimes, as the proverb fays, the ,h>iter is
bitten.
Sea-fun. As thefe are caffedSea-ffa.r?. w e h.aye ,alfo, here a fcarcer.-.fort.
of which I have'three fpecimens hy mè, unaer the name'pi* the
Soe-foéle, or Sèa-furiÿbûj; it js^iot called fo by the Nórvegian^ * t
but by the Hollîmders, ' who, h^yA^q^|^ly., j^omid
Indies, and there given it. the .denominatiQii p i Zee-fonyp, pr Sea-
fun, according to "George Mafcgrive’s accpynt• in his- Hifi. , nN A
Brafiliae, Lib. iv. cap. fx^if. ,. .;fc Z°0phyton , aliud: hie reperjtur
(Stella arborefcens Rondeletip ^jQefderc^fmaptps.j.yh^Pj, eepiffepi
forme. ‘ Ex p e n t ^ quod sçquabat ^roffum Mifnicum. 8c cavym
erat, "ac in fui medio foramPU. inftar ftella;,
tenuiffimis quafi denticulis-dpnatum. Qyinque rami craffi prpefi-j
bafit, qui deinde, ffriÏÏar afppris, in multos. alios ramos minores
difpergebantur vane infer te infleî^os, omhes rotundi Sc quaff. coxal-
liformes, ita ut‘ orbe.m facerent.. Materia .^fragffis inftar ftellæ.” «
This defeription feprdfents pretty exa&ly the moft.furprizingaud
leaft known European Star-fifh, or Kors-trpld. It differs fporn alf,
the reft in this, namely, that the. fégs terminate like branches,,with
fbaall twigs, and thofe twigs(iagain divide into the fineft fibres
imaginable. Each' of thefe up, and all are full of fmall
indfions crofs each fibre. This, looks very curioqs,. when every one
o f them is oh^rved fingly y but, when all., the cmh sret feën, iji?
twilled together in à confufea manner, they put one Jy. ' mind of
the poet’s defeription of Medyla’s head, every hair of which,
according to thé fable-, Minerva transformed into a fnahe,. lór
polluting Her temple by her lafeivious intercourfe with ;Neptune,
vû nous mêmes, ne nous permettent pas de l’en croire. Le Polype rend les fuperflu-
ités de fes alimens par la bouche même, par laquelle ils font entrés. Biblioth. Rai-
fonnée, T , xxxvii. p. 267.
• * The proper Nonregian name I coùld not leam' for a great while, but.'at làft,I find
it is Soe-navle.:
the
ft N, A .W RA b H I SfT 0;R Y: of] NO R WfA T: 181
the gpd ofJ$he,fe&r’§'.; -.This - or
Kors-trold^s is filial,® fbç fenldgtjhe ypun,g,]fpr perhaps, pnly a ;grain,
qf..'thà,|§e,,pf that-;|yatqndl frightful fe^mnnfet,.w.bjeh
Ijere Kraake, %n,d yfiich fhall^é defcçibed in, the following'chapter.
-Ri}| jaV}&r ,-alysI -£qyld - geljinfpimatiqn, -from •f^yeraj-ffifherj-
men, whp^all agrée, inAfheir accpgjits, this, cannot,,poffibly he,tfue.r
«dïNfeiîathër, [and fhe.,rur-:
name of -,Caput Medftfe, ôi| Medufa’^head.'j »'
The rMânætej t>heïiSea-nefc'frjj3ƒ ■ ^rtica-l^arina,, -whiqh-,?''^j'-^J|Sea'1\*itlel
Soe^elde, 1 is,at^f£eççfqrq;pf( thqfp exeaturej’, which- we rcall hp^e
byitheicotnmpn,name, Tr.oldÿior Séa-troid»y tI,ts ,ïhape;. islfrpund,,
almoft iikera^maii'-pfet%-:.;cx3n^ and |
rather-a little concave. ; .Itffsthroughput foftf (fmoqth^,‘andff
parent, andjfqe/ns a*(kind o f o r . j e l l y , thoygh, if adheres*
togffthet- pretty firmly,? and -is- -markld^jth j ^ ^ f y ^ q p e w |i a t |
likprf*a flaw-eir-de-lucje, ,ijsi the [middle. -'Thde^creatu^ are^hluU;
&f th em, have»many, brapehes.underneath.'
ÿh^e,-a§e pfual^lpmithing larger than thp commop m jr^^nd of,
p i$ âA £B P lteiigP ;S si aanff
if it, drops upon the hands, d r’any.part ©f !the-,body)j:hgt is naked,"
it caulesj-a fmarfaand an inflammation. t like ithafi raffed, by j
Renee dti-JhaSr ïffae w
Hplveyjefjyiljgf) .evi(icgytlj[y q0l^jj§g^
. fen^%ti0p ,i^ ^ g ÿ ^ s |g m p i^ .\% ^® ^ f § 4
^xtends itlelf. ' I t oiten p ic ^ u p lm a IT f i Ih "or < wdrmsgj-wBiqh fag
^evours, and is again devoured k, its turn 1hy.,mhervRftfoPliny
Ipokpupoil it--asi!^bmething.between'1 an animal; ‘and^iiyegeta-hle •
to 'the fbmercltffa*!*''« ''Èqîiiéëinj1 ét^-his
almtronp quæ, juésofaimàïiùm fmàs éâ«|4rît
A2casm«L!»elbùnÉBSa.;-i YisnpriiâEt mordax^ cteademque qusu terreîtri%
urticæ.”' “HififffsFph Lib. ixi'!cip.: xlV.1":s;
Kircher, who ‘calls the'Manæten Pulmo Marinos^' tHa£!is, Sêa-
lungs, defcribgs it as a pdiwnous'créature ; and' fays, the 'exhalations
from their dead carcafes ate vèry pernicious to the lungs;
A-° a confirmation of this he'ffajrs, that iff ' the Province 'of '^Na^.
‘Ilhnne a gréât humneï ofs people ^ ^ ^ ! ‘ËieT^'’lonïumptioi4,
| f Ih Happe]ij Relat. Curiof. T . iv. P. ii. p'. 444, there is to be feena drawing ofthis
Stella Aborefcens, ’but not fo compleat and perfe&' as that which I have had drawn
from feveral fpecimen.s, ,r.ii perfeft.
•"The ufual Norvegian_name is, without doubt, of the fame etymology ; for Ma-
næté lignifies Maf-hettei, Hav-nælde, which is Sea-.nettle. '
Part II. A a a which