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horfe when he fetches breath; from whence the Bird has the 

 name ; as well as that its motion on the water refembies the 

 trotting of that animal, with heaving, and violent pufhing;fo 

 that when they appear in large flocks, they make the fea roar 

 even in ftill weather. On land no body has ever feen them, and 

 they do not come nearer than half a fcore f miles; fo that they 

 are only feen by the fifhermen that go out to fifh for turbut on 

 the main ; though in {hallow water thefe Birds come about the 

 boats in clutters, to get the intrails that are thrown over. If 

 they ftrike at any of them with a flick or a ftone, that they fall 

 or are flunn'd, then the others gather about the Bird that is hurt, 

 and never leave off pecking him till he revives : but that he 

 fhould revive, as pretended, though quite mangled, is a mere 

 fifherman's fable. 



I have never found fo much as one of this Hav-Heft among 

 other Birds, in any other writers ; and therefore the drawing 

 fent me by Mr. Hans Strom, chaplain to the parifh of Borgens 

 on Sundmoer, is certainly the more worthy to be introduced : 

 but I have this to obferve on the occafion, that the thick and 

 round head in the drawing is too much like an Owl, and fhould', 

 by a more exaft drawing, rather approach the likenefs of a 

 cuckow's head_, but broader. 

 Hav-Suie. The Hav-Sule, a large Sea-bird, which fomewhat refembies a 



Goofe: the head and neck are rather like thofe of a Stork ex- 

 cepting that the bill is fhorter and thicker, and is yellowffh ; the 

 legs are long ; a-crofs the back and wings the colour is a light 

 blue ; the breafl and long neck are white; towards the head it is 

 green, mix'd with black, and on the top there is a red comb : 

 the tail and wings are both diftinguifhed by fome white feathers 

 at the ends, and are large in proportion to the body : when the 

 wings are fpread from the end of one to the other they meafure 

 fix feet. This Bird is eatable either, roafted or falted : the Scots 

 call it Geritelman. It is a Bird of paffage, or of the wandering 

 unfettled fort. It is not feen in this country before the latter end 

 of January, or beginning of February, when the herring-fifhing 

 begins, and then it ferves for a fign to give notice of the feafon. 

 They do not come nearer land than within half a mile ; thus 

 the farmer obferves when the fifh feek the narrow and fhallow 

 waters. At Eafter thefe Birds are not feen any more, therefore 

 I cannot fay much about their breeding. They are fo ftupid, 

 that by laying a few herrings upon a floating board, they may: 

 be inticed to the boat, and killed with the oar. 



f Sixty Englifh Miles. 



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