74 PEKIODICAL VISITS OF THE HERRING- 



larger and fatter. It is said that herrings may be fished 

 in this season in almost any part of the White Sea. 



5. ICELAND. 



Herrings sometimes appear at Iceland, but seldom 

 in any considerable body ; the quality is generally in- 

 ferior. The principal places of their resort are Westmanoe 

 and near Oxefield on the south-east coast, but their visits 

 are irregular. Horrebow, in his History of Iceland (chap. Iv. 

 p. 75), says " the herrings do not resort to the coast every 

 year." A shoal appeared at the first-named place in July 

 1835, and the usual time of their appearance at Iceland is 

 July and August. They are generally full of milt and roe, 

 and of medium size. Olaus Olavius, in his History of Ice- 

 land, says, " But as herrings are not seen there but now 

 and then, and have not been caught but in the year 1773, 

 it is supposed that there cannot be any considerable 

 quantity." Men da silden ikke sees der, uden nogen en- 

 kelte gauge, og er ikke bleven fanget uden i aaret 1773, 

 saa formode nogle at dens maengde ei maae vare be- 

 tydelig. {Olaus Olavius, vol. i. p. 104.) 



6. FAROE. 



Herrings are seldom seen at Faroe in any consider- 

 able shoals, although small quantities are now and then 

 fished by the inhabitants. They appear to be of the 

 eighth class. 



7. NORWAY. 



Drontheim. — They appear on the coast off Drontheim 

 and neighbourhood in shoals about the middle of June, 



