ii2 NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



with thofe Gafp. Schottus, in his Phyfica Curiofa, Lib. x. Cap. ftI ; 

 p. m. 1127, calls " Hirundines Aquatieae, Vand Sualer, Hirundo 

 hax aquatica a Graecis vocatur w^iSuv, a maris Adriatici accolis 8c a 

 Siculis Rondela, Rondola, Rondinella, ab Hifpanis Pefce volador. 

 Volant extra aquam ne pifcium majorum prseda nant ; demifle ta- 

 men quemadmodum aves e flumine aquam hadfturae. Volantes 

 fepe vidi in mari Siculo &C Tyrrhene), manibns tamen nunquam 

 contre&avi. Volant quamdiu alse hument ; cum ficcantur ftatim 

 decidunt." 



The defcription that he adds from Gefner and Rondelet agrees 

 in moft things with our Norvegian Flying-Fifh, yet it differs in 

 few particulars; whereas he gives his Vand-fvale Squamas Afperas 

 rough fcales ; on the contrary, our Norvegian Fifties have a 

 fmooth skin, and no fcales, unlefs they are very fmall, or kept 

 till they are dry; they have never come to my hands frefh out of 

 the water, and therefore I cannot fay for a certainty of what 

 colour they are. He fays the Italian fort are of a dark red, a»d 

 ours feem to be of a dark blue. 



Forreiie. The Forrelle, is a well-known and well-tailed Fifh, fomething 



different from the Orreten, partly becaufe it is lefs, and partly 

 that between the black circles on the skin there are fome red fpots. 

 They are caught moflly here in fmall rivulets ; but when they 

 grow larger, they go into the lakes, or deeper waters. 



Graafey. Graafey. See Sey, 



Gcd'de. The Gedde, are here very large, and well- tailed, yet I have 



not feen any fo large as thofe which Undalinus, p. 36, fays are 

 found in the lake Store Mios, on Hedemarken, namely, five or 

 fix feet long : the fame lake may be reckoned to be the bell; 

 ftored with Fifh of any frefh water in the world ; and there are 

 not lefs than twenty -three kinds of fifh that frequent it. 



Gorkyter. A Fifh called the Gorky ter is mentioned by Mr, Ramus, p. 



252, but it is quite unknown to me, tho' I have enquired very 

 carefully after it. Poflibly 'tis the name that puzzles me, for that 

 differs according to places. 



Giors, orSan- The Giors, or Sandert, is an excellent, and not an exotic, tho' 



dert * a fcarce fifh : it is found in the frefh water lake, Store Mios, 



before mentioned. 



GuidLax. The Guld Lax, Trutta, the Trout, is a fmall well-tailed Fifh, 

 in form almolt like the common Fifh, of which I fhall fpeak at 

 large in its place, under the name Lax : but this is very fmall, 

 feldom above nine inches long, and the mouth is proportionable. 

 Thefe are fo much lefs than the Salmon, that they are caught in 



nets. 



