FISHES OF THE NORWEGIAN SEA. 



IXXVII. 



LXXX, 



LXXXVIII. 



iXXXIX. 



3LCII. 



±3k.tn.ntz.v Gibraltar. Gobius jozo, 365. PleuroneSIss cynogkJuSi limanda, et liit- 

 guatula, 372, 375, 377. Sparus erythrtnus, 380. Labrusfuillus, 2^1. Perca- 

 norvegica, 390, Afcan, Icon. tab. xvi. a red fpecies, very fat and nourifhing, 

 which grows to the length of two feet and a half, peculiar to the Nor den fields. 

 P. lucioperca, 391, a fifli of the lakes.- - Scomber pelagicus, 398 ; Lin. 495. 

 which poffibly is found even at Jamaica, Silurus azotus, 404, thefoekat of the 

 Norwegians, Pontoppidan 11. tab. iv. p. 150; Catefi)y, 11. p. 23: and fa Imo 

 arSiicus, or capelan, a fpecies fo abundant about Neivfoundland. 



The fabno filus or_/f/, 418 ; Afcan. Icon. tab. xxiv. is the only fpecies of falmon 

 which never quits the fea : is excellent food, but full of bones : a fcarce fpecies, 

 and grows to the length of two feet ; of a pale brown color on the back, with 

 filvery belly and fides. The falmo kulmiind, Afcan, Icon, xxiii. is taken only in 

 the river Randsfiord : grows to the length of two feet ; of a purple color, fpotted 

 with filver, and minute black fpots : unlike other trouts, it never quits its ftation. 



The cod-fi{h in thefe feas grow to the weight of fifty pounds, and from two to 

 four feet in length : a fingle ovary of thefe fifh has been known to weigh four- 

 teen pounds, and to contain nine millions of eggs : v/s need therefore never fear 

 exhaufting the fpecies. Ship-loads of the fpawn are annually fent to Fra7ice. 



The coaft of Finmark is attended, for a confiderable way, with a chain of ifles 

 like that of Norway. 



In refpe£l to the temperature of the fummer air in Spiizbergen, Lord Mulgrave 

 makes thefe remarks : — At the noon of July 20th, in lat. 80. 30. long. 3. 26. 

 the mercury flood at 37 ; at midnight at 33 ^; and in lat. 80. 37. at noon at 48. 

 In lat. 80. 4. long. 2. 12. on July i6th, at noon at 49, at midnight at 48. 

 This was the greateft degree of warmth felt in this ardic region during the 

 voyage. 



Coals are alfo found in Spit-zbergen ; by means of which, feven people, left there 

 accidentally, were enabled to bear the feverity of the winter. 



In the enumeration, add, beneath Orknies ; 



Perfefl:. Imperfedt. 



Holland hzs 8og. 



275. 



Total. 

 1084. 



Before I quit Spiizbergen, let me add, that to the fouth of Statz ifland, and 

 about ten leagues diftant, is Hope ifland ; of a fingular form, nine leagues long, 

 3.ni only half a mile broad ; divided into five very high mountains, gradually de- 



creafing 



