which he' kftagiftés* p’föeeëd fi® » fife g t fk t n^n^ e rt-of JVfaft&üeft
that jÈrésjfööaé ià the fiil^Wâfcéf J a fe e jj^ ted Mortmgfte* B ée 1m
IlCùitd. Sébtërtan. R. il» pfe A friend d f mine hasfdbfeiW d ,
that whëft théfé jH M g p | hè dëâd,-aftd p ü à i fÿ S p é tttfe ê fh d fe ,
fh é ÿ haŸë.èâüfed â tiôfëAt ffteë^irig k i-'tb& fëM b o pstfs’d b y : arid
h è faÿsf, he k n ew à- êoti& êrf fed th a t had l i f e . t d ;h a te been
blinded, and aflhially had Ms foee muéh in flâm éd ,'b ÿ his father’s!
• th row in g é ifé é f the réd! fort- Ht him ittëdtehrfëfttâÿi WÈëh hé
. was in a paffion. Th ëy-ârfe reckoned mofï pérrilëMÀ i f th éy
happen to tottóh thé eyes ; and I a in informed' that the peafants
iïi forôè pfeée^ prépare a k in d ö f poifoft? from them, t é k ill:vér-
min, ÉsSfMftéÖipt: tb destroy the Wolf With>fo Some m ix it With
cfey or mórta*, and ftóp efôftces-ift pkfcetf where there ate bugs *
and they fa ÿ it éffe&üaïlÿ deftrôÿs fh<§tó,: efpèeialîy i f th e Manâete
b e eaten d in thé dog-dày's,- for then its pbifori is möft éfficdéioün
Perle-baand. T h é Pèrle-bààrid, that és* th e String o£ pearls, called alfa h e fe
th e SildSe Rfcg, a n d Tó rske Ræg, is cböipöféd ö f feveral fmal!
halls, lik e peas, h an g in g together, "théfè ar® féeh fw ifnm k g
about t h e féa lik e a röW d f pearls- oft a firing- T h e y are compos’d
o f â fó ft flimÿ matter, lik e the Seâ-ftettle, dr Mânæte, and are
prdbably o f th e feme’ nature * . ; T h e y ate- indeed tranfparent,
lik e fd many chryftal beads,, With a little ffaiktnre o f red. T h is
Perle-bakna is always a welcome g a e ft td th e filherffien; fo r i f
th e y fee m any o f them in the A ö tsm ft, or towards C h r ifto a s , th e y
are fuppofed td progndfiicafe great plenty o f Herrings and C o d
in th e fuoceedirtg feafon.
* Nous av®ns compare plus d’une fois les ammauxattdcte jilafitesi Mond» Charles'
Borinet a faifi dette Idée ayant nous.. , Il a j grSffitoqité la briljtotp penleeil’uqe. é^f|}e
des eftres nue KlonC Valifnieri avait éfeâucneei Tout' fc'-luit dans là' nature.; Ellé à
fçu fier lès éi^eces forts fes confondre,’ I/hottufie ëfE fô cheT de là création tefreftre,
ks quadrupèdes, ksoiffoolx* les in&aess’ei»elo^#enfi peu à pe% les Zoophytes §nl|-
fent le fyfteme des animaux, & les plantes fenfttives vont commencer cêîuy; des végétaux.
Les Lithôpÿtes terminentCÊhri-cÿétleâ joignent âüx métaux d’unfefiguréd^
terminée, Là terre finit encore Ce régné, & les elenaens ramènent fucceffivement là
création à l’Æther & à des matières fubtiles, àpipogiues ,{îeuit être aux corps de» intelligences
fuperieures, Bibliothèque Raifonnée, Tom. ixkWft'ïffi»
CHA P -
C H A P T E R VIH.
Concerning certain* Rea-monffetfs, or ^ Grange and uncommon
Sea-animals.
Sect1 1. Same o f the inhabitants of the ocedir ate difficult to be known with any
degree o f .certainty s and we MuJfffet -fame rtafonable bounds to our opinions
_ concerning them.^Agc^. H.töjf the Hav-Strambe and Maryge, or Mer-man
and Mer-btatd; the accounts o f jfbiêJè are- ojftjn,, but not always, fabulous.
Sect. III. Their exiftence Wpojfble, and even probable. “Sect1. IV. They
exiji in fiS i, which is undeniably proved, both by the evidence o f our’Norve-
giam ,an’d foreigners : a dferiftiqn. o f tbef $ea~anmuk.' Sect., V. More
tefiimonies, and farther; dejeriptions j f thenj. „ B&ct VI. The great Sea-,
fnakeh g£ Serpent of the ocean, feen on the coaff o f Norway is not fabulous.
' 'S-ect. 'VII. Thé V IB i Tto danger o f approaching
near to it. * fe c r . IX. Whether this creature may be looked Upon"as tWgreat
Leviathan. Sscpr. X. Concerning great Snakes fn other countries. . Seg&y
XI. O fjh e Horven, the largef, of. p f . animals. Sects
XII. Their' defeription, according io the teftiniony o f many eye-witnejfes.
Se c t/XIII.' frihbbpdlly confirms the truth of their extftefsèe, and explains
| feveral objhwre phenomena.
S E C T . %
T N the three preceding chapters I have treated o f -Fifhes, and
X other animals found in the Norwegian Teas, fo fa r as I have
been- able to trace their hiftory, b y an extenfive correfpondence,
arid by frequently converfing w ith feveral curious'Obfervers o f th e
works o f natu re ; exclufive o f th e difeoveries th a t I have m y fe lf
been able to make on feveral occafions. . I have been enabled- to
purfu.e this work with fome accuracy, b y the many fpecimens o f
different Sea-animals, fte fh , dry’d, or preferved in fpirits, w hich
have conie to my hands. T h o the number o f thefe fpecimens
b e v e r y 1' gffea%; exceeding^ j o g , different foecies, ye t, perhaps,
they are but a very {mall ^ r t o f the inhabitants o f th e ocean * :
fo
* AnlmaKuSi ommum i# aquis Viventlum nonuna efle cdhr. vult Ifidorus. At
Hieronymus cliii. atque id ab ifs affirmari, qui feripfefunt dxnvrixd> in quibus eft
Oppianus Cilix, &c, Sed nullum legi haftenus, qui in hunc precise numerum incis
derit praster Oppianum. Plinius recenfuerat dhnrvi. Ipecies animalium in mari viven-
tium, & Plinii catalogum in immerrfum aurenmt, qui de hoc argumento noftra state
feripferunt, &c. Addo-quod ideui- Oppianus addit, in mari multa latere.
" ■ 1 ■■ ... ....... - Tee %jiv ourif uuosKu ftuSjjs-eeJo ho»
Quin ft Mahumeti credimus 'aJudDamirepn, in capite de locuftis, Deus creavitmille
Ipecies animantium, e quibus in mari fexcentas funt, & quadringents in terra. JEt
Pfeudo