i 3 o NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. 



CHAPTER VI. 



A Continuation of the Former, concerning FISH and 

 FISHERIES. 



Sect. I. Of Ling, Salmon, the Piper, and others. Sect. II. Of Mackrel, the 

 Porpefe, and others. Of the Naruhal, Lamprey, Salmon-trout, and others. 

 Sect, III. The Horfe-Mackrel, and others. Sect. I'V. Of the Razor-fijh, 

 the OJlracion, and the Thornback. Sett. V. Of the Sea-Alhuler, the Herring, 

 the Alburnus, the Gattorngive. Sect. VI. Of the Wolf-fijh, the Frog- 

 fijh, or Sea-devil, the Sturgeon, and Sword-fijh. Sect. VII. Of the Cod, 

 and others. Sect. VIII. Of the Walrufs, or Seahorfe, the Sea-Scorpion, and 

 others. 



SECT. I. 



take. HP H E Lake, or Lake-fild, the Marena, or Frefh-water Herring, 

 ^ A a frefh-water Fifh, of which great numbers are caught 

 in the lake Store-mios, on Hedemarken. The peafants there- 

 about dry and export them. They are fhaped almoft like a Her- 

 ring, but are not quite fo large, nor fo fat, and well tafted • and, 

 indeed, are not much regarded by thofe who have variety of other 

 Fifh. I make no doubt but this Fifh is the fame with that which" 

 Schonveld calls Marene. This author fays they are found in great 

 quantities in the Holftein lake, near Ploen, and in the Mecklenburg 

 dominions, near Sverin : c< Harengo omnibus fere partibus refpon- 

 c det, pinnis, branchiarum incifione ampliore, dorfi fubnigro, la- 

 u terum argenteo colore & fquamis facile deciduis. Sed minor 

 (c eft aliquando, duorum ut plurimum palmorum longitudinis, pie- 

 u niore item carne duriore & friabiliore, ventre molli non ferrato,- 

 " nifi quod in fcallenfi lacu marenas cubitales capi certum eft." 

 Willoughby, Lib. iv. cap. 10, p. 2.29. 



Lange. The Lange, Ling, or the Long Cod -fifh, a Sea-fifh, fo called 



from his length, which may be fix feet at leaft. It would be like 

 an Eel, if it was not fo thick towards the head, which makes it 

 look more like a long and narrow Cod. It has a fort of a long 

 fin, running all along the middle of the back. The fkin is 

 fmooth, and of a mining light colour; the flelh is well -tafted, 



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