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natural method of dropping it : this feems, indeed, confirmed 

 to be the caufe by the obfer vat ions of feveral perfons ; for they 

 are frequently feen to dig, with the motion of their tail, feveral 

 holes in fand or clay under a rock, where they eject their roe in 

 common, and then roll a (tone upon it to preferve it. 



The fame is faid of fome others of this genus, particularly of 

 the River-Trout. " Truttae fluviatiles circa feila natalitia turma- 

 tim congregantur. Scrobes caudis excavant, feque oclodecim circi- 

 ter in unum collocantes, inibi foetifkant, fupra foeturam lapides 

 advolvunt." Aloyf. Com. Marfili Danub. Panon. Tom. iv. p. 78. 

 Amongil Salmon-Trout are a certain fort of Fifh called here 

 Roer 5 they have this name, becaufe they differ from the others 

 in the colour of their fins, which are of a more lively red. 

 They are reckoned wholefomer than the Salmon-Trout, and, it is 

 faid, are not fubjecl to the diflemper above mentioned. 



f" r - The Piir, the Trachurus, or Horfe-Mackarel, is, in appearance, 



a fmall Mackarel, and it mull either be the young, or a particular 

 fort of the fame tribe ; but which I cannot determine. It is 

 much lefs and leaner than the common Mackarel; and, without 

 doubt, it is the Fifh which Willoughby, after Aldrovandus and 

 Bellonius, has called the Trachurus, His account of it is this : 

 C( Scombros colore, figura 8c fapore refert, ut redle Bellonius, 

 unde 8c Maquereau baftard, i. e. Scombrus fpurius Gallis dicitur. 

 Verum minor eft quam fcomber, corpore minus fpiflb rotundoque 

 8c paululum comprefib." Lib. iv. cap. 12. p. 290. 



pU ur. The Puur, the Dove, a fmall frefh water Fifh: I have never 



feen it in the rivers near Bergen ; but it is found in thofe of 

 Nordland. It looks almoil like a Herring, and is very well 

 tailed. 



Ouabbe. Quabbe. See Aale-Quabbe. 



Queue. Queite. See Helle-flynder. 



SECT. IV. 



Raatc. The Raate, or, as it may be called, the Sea-Karudfe, as alfo 



the Berggylten, the Sea- Carp ; for betwixt the Karudfen, par-, 

 ticularly the flat and light brown kind, and the Raate, in fize, 

 fhape, fcales, and every thing, there appears outwardly very lit- 

 tle difference, but in the tafte there is a great deal ; for the 

 flefh of this is a great deal coarfer, tho' it does not want for fat. 

 Indeed if one takes particular notice they may be diftinguifhed ; 

 for, as the Hyffen differs from the Whiting, by two black fpots 

 on the back part of the neck, fo has this Fifh a black fpot on 

 each fide of the tail. 



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