SALMON, ^ 141 



Salmo ariSlicus, FaK«. GmetiL 1 jj.— Clupeavilhh, Munff.N" 42^. — Lodna, Olajln's '75' Capelak. 

 Iceland. — Capelan de rAmerique Septentr. Dm Hainel, ii. 14.9. tab. xxvi. 



With a pellucid fmooth head : firfl: dorfal fin placed In the middle 

 of the back ; pedtoral broad, rifing under the gills, and extend- 

 ing to the belly : ventral fins large : anal very large, and angulated ; 

 more fo in the male than the female : tail forked : lateral line in the 

 MALE briftly : the cover of the gills marked with a black fpot : the 

 form. of its body thicker than that of the female: the color, above the 

 lateral line, dull green ; beneath, filvery fpeckled with black, and 

 often tinged on the belly v/Ith violet. Seldom exceeds fix inches eight 

 lines in length. 



This Ipecies fwarms oiF the coafts of Greenland, Iceland, and New- Place. 



foundland : they are one of the great fupports of the Greenlanders, and 

 a fort of defert alfo after their moft delicate repafts. They live at fea , v 

 moft part of the year, but in Jpril, May, June, and July, come in 

 Ilioal? incredible into tlie bays; there they are taken in nets, refembling 

 our fhrimp-nets, either from the fhore, or out of the boats, in fuch multi- 

 tudes as quickly to make a lading. They are then dried on the rocks, put 

 into facks, and preferved for ufe in the caves of the mountains, or un- 

 der heaps of ftones. They are eaten in this form ; but many are drefled 

 frelh as foon as taken. It has the fmell of a cucumber, when newly 

 caught. Authors have unjuftly attributed to it a bad fcent and noxi- 

 ous qualities. 



Thefe lines, tranflated from the Norwegian, exprefs the difgufting 

 attributes of this little fifh : 



" Bort Lodde med al din forgiftige ftanch," Ue, 



Away, Lodde, with thy poifonous ftench. 

 All the world wifhes thee pain and torment ; 



9 Thou 



