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autumn ; he cannot move these ; I believe he weighed about 

 half a pound ; he was about half a span broad ; the threads 

 were about a span long. This sort we got about Hitland. 

 One might very well call him the j'^Zrt^e or rose-liJie slhne-Jish, 

 by reason of his figure and shape. I have heard some re- 

 late that the macarels do suck their colour out of these two, 

 but I cannot affirm it, but leave it undecided until I can 

 assert it by my own experience. These three first sea-qualms 

 are numerous in the North Sea as atonies in the air, but about 

 Spitzhergen we do not find many of them. I have seen them 

 swim at top only in calm weather, but in stormy weather 

 they sink to the bottom. 



5. Of the Slime-Fish like a Cap.' 



At Spitzhergen, near the Muscle- Harbour, on the 8th of 

 July, when the weather was calm, I saw two sorts of slime- 

 jjsh, whereof one had six, the other eight corners ; that with 

 six corners had also six purple streaks, with blew brims. Be- 

 tween these streaks the body is divided like unto a pumpkin, 

 into six ribs. From the middle of his body hang down two 

 threads, that are red like vermillion, and rough, of small 

 hairs ; they are shaped like unto the letter V. I did not see 

 him move them when he swam. Within his body he hath 

 other broader streaks, of a purple colour, and on the edges 

 or brims of a lightish blew one ; they represent themselves 

 like unto a great W. The whole body is as white as milk, 

 and not so transparent as the body of that that cometh next. 



It is shaped just like a cap with corners, wherefore one 

 might call it the cap-lihe fish. 



It weighed about two ounces. I did not perceive, when I 

 had him in my hand, that he did burn me ; but it dissolved 

 like snot or slime. 



^ Beroe pilciis. 



