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fond of flefh of any kind; but that they mould generate in 

 thefe waters, without being produced from eggs or feed, which has 

 been faid ; as alfo, that there is no difference of fexes amongtt them, 

 appears to me improbable"; tho' an old opinion, and received by 

 moft natural hiftorians. Francis Willoughby is himfelf in doubt 

 of this matter: he fays, in Hift. Pifc. Lib. iv. cap. iv. p. no. 

 Anguillam neque marem effe neque foeminam,. neque prolem ex 

 fe generare tradit Ariftoteles, &C alibi nee per coitum procreari, 

 nee parere ova, nee ufiam captam unquam efTe, quse aut femen 

 genitale aut ova haberet, &'c. Rondeletius, vidhTe fe anguillas 

 mutuo corporum complexu eoeuntes affirmat, neque putare fe 

 partibus ad gignendum neceffariis prorfus deftitutas efle,. inferi- 

 ore enim ventris parte, 5c vulva in fceminis, & femen in mari- 

 bus reperitur, feci pinguedine mulfa circumfufe has partes non 

 apparent. This opinion of Rondelet, which has been rejected 

 by many, is confirmed by oUr Norwegian fifhermen ; who fay, that 

 out of the Eel's belly are feen fometimes young Eels hanging, as 

 if in their birth. Eels are catched here in the night, as they are 

 in Denmark, partly with hooks, and partly with a kind of 

 buckets, wide at the entrance, and runs down doping, and fb 

 contrived within, that they do not eafily find a pafTage out ; in 

 thefe they put Herrings, of other Fifh, by way of bait. Eel- 

 fifhing is not of fuch confequence., as to carry on a foreign 

 ■ trade with. 



Aaiequabbe. The Aalequabbe, or Lamprey, is generally not above tvvelve 

 inches long ; other wife it is very like the common Eel, except, 

 that it is remarkably different as to the head and mouth, which is 

 very broad, and much like a frog's. In this, inflead of teeth, 

 there are two fharp bones like knives or fciflars ; about the 

 middle of the belly is a white fpot, the reft being brown. They 

 have as little foe as the common Eel, and they bring forth their 

 young alive : this is a facl: beyond doubt. 



Aafkuer-Nior; The Aalkiaer-Niot, the Gurnard, is a fmall Sea-fifh, not above fix 

 inches long, of a brown colour, fpotted with a mining white, with a 

 head almoft fquare and fharp at the end. In tafte it is not unlike 

 a Mackarel ; it is catched with a line, and when taken out of 

 the water is heard to grumble and fhort, which is very different 

 from all other Filh. 



Abone. The Aborre or Perch, Perca> is a well-known Fifh ; it is found 



in the f rem -water lakes in Norway, particularly eaftward, large 

 and fat : it is called here by fbme Tryde, by others Skibbo, 



Ankertrdd. Ankertrold. See the following chapter^ Krake. 



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