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Haae Mecrcn. The Haae-Maeren is ftill larger, of the fame fhape and make 

 with the preceding ; of a blue and green colour, like a Mackarel. 

 The tail of this kind is more than two fathoms wide; by which one 

 i«ay form an idea of the fize of the body, which, according to 

 the account of many eye-witneifes, is eight or ten fathoms long ; 

 for which reafon this fpecies is by fome reckoned of the Whale 

 kind, but it is truly and properly a Shark ; efpecially as it is a 

 cartilaginous Fifh, and has no bones, excepting one in the back, 

 and that but fmall in proportion to its fize. The liver is but 

 little bigger than that of the Haae-Kiseringen, with which this 

 Fifti is confounded by fome ; but thofe who are judges eafily 

 make a diftintlion. This Fi(h is fluck with a harpoon, and will 

 fometimes accidentally fall into a Salmon- net, and carry it off; 

 but he is often fo frightened that he dares not ftir, and is killed 

 without much trouble, and dragged on fhore with ropes, as 

 they do the Haae Kiseringen. They tow it behind the boat if 

 they want any thing more than its liver ; otherwife they take 

 that out, and throw the body into the fea. This Haae-Maeren 

 feems to be the fpecies which Willoughby fpeaks of, Lib. iii. 

 §. i de Pifcibus cartilagineis longis, cap. i. p. 47. in thefe words : 

 a Canis carcharias feu Lamia Rondoletii galeorum omnium maxi- 

 a mus eft, nam aliquando ad tantam magnitudinem accrefcit 5 

 <c ut currui impofita vix a duobus equis vehi pofiit. Vidimus, 

 " inquit Rondoletius, mediocrem 1000 lihrarum pondere. Nicen- 

 <c fes vero teftatos fibi eife refert Gillius, fefe iftiufmodi pifcem 

 cc cepifle ad 4000 librarum accedentem, 8c quod magnam admi- 

 cc rationem habet, in ejufdem ventre folidum hominem reperilTe, 

 tt fimileque quid Maffilienfes fibi narraffe, comprehendhTe inquam, 

 u aliquando, in quo loricatum hominem invenilTent" This con- 

 firms my former conjecture, namely, that it was this Fifh which 

 fwallowed up the prophet Jonah. To this tribe alfo belongs the 

 moft furprizing and deformed Fifh, called Kors-Haae, the Zygsena, 

 or the Hammer-headed Shark ; which, as it belongs to this 

 ipecies, I will not omit, tho' it is feldom feen in the Northern fea. 

 The body of this kind is like the Haae-Kisering before defcribed ; 

 but from the form of his head it is called the Kors-Haae : its 

 fhape refembles a crutch, and there are two great eyes at the ends 

 of the tranfverfe part of the crofs, at fome diftance from the 

 head. 



Hav-Heft. . Hav-Heft. See Val-Ros. 



^ Ie r J e ; The Helle : rlynder, the Turbot, Hippogloflus Rondeletii 8c 



Gemeri, which is otherwife called Queite, and alfo Styving, is 

 formed like another Flounder ; the belly, or lower fide, white ; 



but 



