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" method they fometimes take a great many, to the number of 

 " fifty or fixty, in one cave. The old ones are often as big as 

 " an ox, and fo very fat, that there is fometimes three Vaager # 

 " taken out of one. The hide they ufe for (hoes ; the flefh they 

 cc eat, and the fat is melted for train-oil ; and part of them they , 

 " pickle and eat." So far L. Debes. 



The Kollie, is a fmall Fifh, of a reddifh colour, fix inches -Koiiie. 

 long, with large eyes, fine fca.les, and very delicate flefh. The 

 roe is reckoned particularly well tafled ; they angle for it in 

 frefh water. 



The Kolmund, or, more properly, Kulmund, or Kulle Mule, Koimund. 

 which name is given them becaufe their mouth and throat are coal- 

 black, is otherwife called GuldLax, or Golden Salmon, becaufe it is 

 fhaped like a Salmon, though the head is rather rounder, and the 

 Fifh is more tapering towards the tail : the flesh is white, and 

 tafles like that of a Pearch: they angle for them as for the 

 Salmon, but with us they do not catch any great number. 



The Knurhanelitem, or Reinald, the Gurnard; the former Knurhane, 

 name it has from its being heard to grumble for half an hour after 

 it is drawn out of the water. Its flefh tafles fomewhat like Mackrel, 

 and I think, tho' I am not certain, that it is the fame Fifh which 

 they call Aaskiar-Niot, at Sundmoer ; of which I have treated 

 before. If it be the fame, it has three names in one language. 

 Thofe correfpondents that gave me an account of this Fifh, under 

 the name of Knurhane, defcribe it to be twelve inches long, with 

 a head almofl like a Pearch, a round body, and the skin rough 

 and prickly : they fay it may be ufed to polifh wood, or even 

 metals : of this particular my Sundmoerske correfpondents take 

 no notice. They are caught with a hook and line. 



The Krolde, is a fmall frefh-water Fifh, and but little known. Kr ° k1 ^ 



It is hardly four inches long, but is very abundant in fome 

 places, particularly in the Lake Tyrefiord, on Ringerige : they are 

 feen there in heaps, and are driven afhore by the Fifh of prey, 

 and eafily caught in fmall nets : they are well-tafled. 



The Kullebars, is a fmall, delicate, frefh-water Fifh, well-known Kuiiebars. 

 in Denmark. 



* A Vaag irj this country is 36 pounds avoirdupoize weight. 



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