2ÏÓ N A T Ù É . A L H f S^T O ft Y ôf & O R W A Y,
Vàffisrdifpettfa rkMik, -fit ex ék éâufa1 ffôtimii ftunqùaitt ifitrafle e¥e-
datür. Àp^fifehÉ ..f&ROTiE appellatæ a fîmifitüdSne, quXtërisis'
diftin&æ fkdiik,- modiolbk éorfim- dtfolfk dadSWfs * utfrinqiie: claüdtenr
tibus Honis*.” TKé double aëdoüttff that is1 here' given* of à • erëk*-
tinte which rëfembïek a? wheel,' fepafktted -idCÔ raÿs, dr -k tree,
With Inch lafge branches that it câpridt get through; a* channel,
fdeftis to afgrbe'wifh the àccdûnfs of the Kraken already give«,
with his rùàrîy large Bonis dt branchés, as rt were'fpfM'gii% irf> from
its body, Which rs round*. Both the!® descriptions confirm .my
fermer fùppûfttiofts, namely, that this Sea--animal belongs- to the
Polype dr StaWfifh fpecies, which have been particularly defcribed
in the précédifrg'chapter. It feeïfis fd be of that PdlypUs;kind
Which iâ dal led by the Dbtch ZeU-fonne, by Rofideleiiak- âttd
Geffter Stella Asrhôtefceiisÿ ?. é. a Stir which ffiô'ôîs-its rays iffto*
Branches like? thôfê of trees, kcédt'cfiùg to the more.exaâ: defcrip-
tidn jttft referred to, where't gatvè it the frame Of Medtrfa’s Head;.
What t have farther ter ôbférVè' is, that this curl’d fdrt of StSh-*
fifh, with fOinShy branches Or râyS, h very. i^t fe flick tOykrid'
entangle thénrîfefves itt thé' weeds and fhrubs that grow’ at the bottom
of the fea, and are often drawn up. with them by the
men. When they are dried, and their brâhchesàre' fhrufik in, they
she feldom above fix or eight inches in diamétét $ but When they
are juft taken out of the Water they are mtich larger. À verÿ:
Worthy perfôh told ftie he had foffle Of them of ah extraOrdirrary
Bi^nefs ; and others have feen them above four times as lafge as
the common fize, fplafhixtg the Water about with their jitfmerôüs
Branches dr arms.
Thdfe Mèdufa’s-heads are firppofed, by fome fea-faring people
héré, to be the yofing of the great Seakrâke ; perhaps they are
their fmalleft avülk : and I dd not doubt but it is the fame
Medufa’s-head, ôf Stella Arbdrefceiis, of which Mr. Griffith
Htrgùeâ treats iii the Philofophical Trafifaélions. This having
juft detaié into my hands, I {hall infért it $ and fhall like wife-ada
tO it, What ha béeti quoted in the preceding chapter. C( II a
détoüVért üfié fiouVélle èfpeçe d’Ëtoile de mer, laquelle fort du
f Ocfaei: par fine efptecé de pédicule, & elle exprime exactement la
figure râybnfiéê de la fleur d’une Ficoide. Mais cette- fleur eft
*In that ancient manufeript called Speculum Regale, beettilè it is aïpribed, tq
•the Worvégian king Sytpfe, Ql. Wormius; who had the treatile in his hands, Found
fdrtiê .FéW Vfottis, which fêérft to allude to this thé latgeft creature of the' ocean-;
for When, in his Mtffeififi, p. he is eftumerating the various forts. of Whales,
fie cpncludes, p. 280, with the following words : “ Reftat una fpecies, quant Hafgufe
vocànt, cujus maghitudo Iatet, cum raro conlpiciatur. Illi,’ qüî fe. tflrpüS viâifîè
fiâffâfit, lffliiM^ètfl irifuise qüam BéîfiSé v&iuht, nec uiiquam ejui inventtuh ÊadaVer,
quocirca funt qui- exiftiment, non nifi duo eju8 generis in natura effe,
prefque
^ I T U - R A L 'H I S T O J R Y ©f N O R W A Y
pföftjüé'fefifitive, 'c An móirtdre attooefeen^ntriêltó:;öi r'epl^. Sg.-tja'
fecaehèr kvee fpR^p^dicule, «laak le rpdBëaj et’bfi «.He fo#g§.
S * rayons fontr des Srasy qui oht Jbietb Haiftd® Pqjype.'t
Quel _eham^potM^kiiKiyfieistt, i qua dpnppflTader .ttn.-PtHype^e;
cette g-raiideUrj1 & qfitelfes ohfervations, p y fecoit jl pasi fkril aé^o- ,
iflemept ^ i ^ rëparyridn de fes. parties ^iblioth. Raifqnèj?, T.
xxXvii.-p.-'ïéA, HöWéver-'tBis may beyi if remains an fincji^eftiohri
able truth,, that ééttaitt kind^rjpf J^dLypfis’s grim toia mopftrqus?
fizte.^ Athanaf. Kfrbher fays^.;in)his!Mond;*t8uhter|,8lit P, i. ip*'99.»}
that cih the ^Sicilian -feak t&efólaie found/ aikiijd mfjiSta&lfli,: iwMehi
have tfn brakphesy/aUdra. Body/as Ibigralitbat ajfi aröiirts:
but this bears no} profkitftfidn •' tó‘ tps ebilpiefs'Sif a -Whald, which
Athènadus, n$ Iiib. xin.' ea?p.!vil fftribut^iltofomëiifithejHfi-i jPliay,*
lib. iX. pap. xxxi fpeaks fdrtr ®frrPo3ypusvoj'i asnjónftrj^^
fize, by thé name, of .Ozasna* **1 hoca life^, j t ft iftuf sis aóft ijéng /frnei,| *
for Which rekfon other Fifh kfo apt ta^faÊoysÓiéiaJhS^h^
Norvegian Krake-, ■ * Mire ctanibak;rqa®m& expetontibue pdoren^fi
Concerning the-faid Polypug* Pliny'relatqi in jth«
according tO' the u&ount ne 'had - reoeived fioaxi IL.; lyjieulLu^ lfh'g
proconful o f , Bfetfea, feveral ftfapg^. tftoribs* I about: their fize nfnd
ftrength y •a¥I^ïa%T.théy day ateng: ttetfoift^ij.Wherfëifdidyigwpjild
fteal the mérchants g'Oads, and drig them aw^y. with their long
claws j fo that they' Were obliged itQ ffefi cdogs upon theni 5: tbaf
éh^^wf&Slf Could -n^ 'beutS the.jftrarig foofett,brand iWerei.ftffe
.handled - By -‘ thé ''cpetftufe'S rjoand that .rrixpwas!.#itlf*g#ait
difficulty they killed them With iron for^HgciSofi; n% Nsflaq$t@
& afflatu! terrroili canes agebat, ntinc extremis crinibus flagéHatoï,
nuh^ robuftrarites 'braehiis, - ekforitm modd ? jpedffos,' siMarbqefe
inultis tridfehribus córifi‘êiip§tuitv?',fcWQ learn frofiaia-Hiihis^thgt thp
Polype, or 'fttat-fifh, örl, as we feall it hére^ itbe. whale geaUJ; ;of
Kors-Trold, have, amohgft their various fpecies^ fome that are
much larger than others; and, according to all appearance,,-seven
the Very largeft inhabitants of the ocean. -.If ,the axiom be true,
that greatnefs or littlenefs makes no change in the fpecies, then
this Krake muft be of the’ Polypus kind, vnotwithftanding its
enormous fizè. ' All that I have farther to add is this, that ’
were we to credit the old vulgar opinion, concerning a.Fifh thatR«mora.
had power to ftop Is' Chip under full fail, we. may «^ftfude^it
is impoffible that it fhould be tha^fmall Fifh, which fronuthe
fabjejil^alled Remora, and is not bigger-than a Herring. I