no NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



themfelves in the fifhing-nets : tho' they carry the nets away, they 

 are fo encumbered by them, that one may eafily ftick them 

 with a fpear. 

 Biofmer, The Brofmer, is a good fea fifh, of a moderate fize, with a 



fhort and round head, and a flippery ikin, like an Eel, but the 

 flefh is firm, and agreeable to eat; the roe alio is counted very 

 delicious. Our fimermen fay they live very much amongft the 

 fea-fhrubs, and feed on them. They are caught moftly in the 

 Summer months, in deep water, with lines. They are falted 

 down, or dry'd, and then exported. Perhaps this" is the fame 

 Fifh that is called in France, Brame de Mer, the Sea-bream ; but 

 I only guefs fo by the name. 



SECT. VI. 



Eiveritze. Elveritze, a fmall Fifh, which has its name from rivers wherein 



they are generally catch'd. 



FiikeKong. Fifke Kong, King of the Fifhes : two kinds of Fifh are called 

 by this name ; one is of the Cod, and the other of the Sea3ream 

 kind. This laft is not much different from the ordinary fort, ex- 

 cept that it has a lump as big as a man's fift on the head, which fan- 

 ciful people fuppofe to be beform'd like a crown ; from whence the 

 fifhermen have taken the liberty to call him King of the Fifhes. 



Fiynder. Flynder, the Flounder : of this Flat-Fifh, which includes 



a great many branches, we have here chiefly four forts ; namely, 

 The Hellebut, or Plaice (not the large Helle flynder, which 

 is called here Queite, and will be taken notice of hereafter) : 

 this is a pretty large and roundifh Flounder, fat and flefhy, 

 with red fpots on the fkin. 2. The Krobbe-flynder, fome- 

 thing lefs, black and rough, or full of fmall prickles ,: this has 

 very firm flefh. 3. The Sand -flynder : this has fcales on the 

 ikin, and is grey on one fide, but, like the reft, white on the 

 other, or under fide. 4. The Flirer : thefe are the leaft, but 

 the befl: tafted of all : they are partly caught in nets, partly 

 with fifhing hooks, and fometimes they are ftuck with a 

 fmall bearded lance,, which is done thus : .when the fifhermen 

 row their boats over fandy ground, where the Flounders are feen 

 in clear weather lying in heaps together, they drop a line with a 

 heavy lead to it, under which the little lance is fix'd, which, 

 by the weight of the lead, flicks in the Flounder, fo that he muft 

 follow the line up : by this method they fbon fill the boat with 

 them. InNordland and Sundmoer this Fifh is found in the greatest 

 perfection ; it is dry'd and exported with a good profit. Th. 

 Bartholinus mentions (in his Hift. Anatom.) a remarkable Floun- 

 der, 



