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three days, and that the wind may blow through them, and the 

 frost pierce them also ; then you lay them into fresh water, 

 that the rankncss may be drawn out, afterwards boil and fry 

 them in butter. They are every where seen in the North 

 Sea, as I have said before, yet they are differing. 



CHAP. III. 



Of some other Birds that I did not Catch or Delineate. 



Amongst these are the red gees, which were shewn unto me 

 as they were flying. They are geese with long legs, that fly 

 in flocks ; there is many of them in Russia, Norway, and 

 Jutland. 



Then I saw another bird flying singly with broad feet, a 

 very handsom bird, called John of Ghent; it is as big as a 

 stork and of the same shape, with white and black feathers ; 

 he hovers in the air, and moveth his wings but very little ; 

 when he cometh to the ice he turns back again. It is a kind 

 of a hawk, and I have reason to believe that he hath a very 

 sharp sight, for he shoots down from a great height into the 

 water. They say that the brains of this bird are in great 

 esteem, but for what I could never learn. 



He is also seen in the Sjjanish Sea, and every where in 

 the North Sea, but most commonly he is seen where they 

 catch herrings. 



I Avas also informed that a black crow was seen in Sj^itz- 

 hergen; other birds are not seen there, except it may be now 

 and then a single one that strays and so cometh thither, as 

 the crow did. All these birds come at certain times, and 

 abide at this place as long as the sun shines ; afterwards, 

 when the cold begins to encrease, and the nights lengthen, 

 every one of them returns to its own place again. AVhen 



