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fond of flefli of any kind ; but that they fhould generate in 

 thefe waters, without being produced from eggs or feed, which has 

 been faid \ as alfo, that there is no difference of fexes amongft them, 

 appears to me improbable ; tho' an old opinion, and received by 

 moft natural hiftorians. Francis Willoughby is himfelf in doubt 

 of this matter: he fays, in Hift. Pifc. Lib. iv. cap. iv. p. no. 

 Anguillam neque marem efle neque fceminam, neque prolem ex 

 fe generare tradit Ariftoteles, &C alibi nee per coitum procreari, 

 nee parere ova, nee ullam eaptam unquam efle, quse aut femen 

 genitale aut ova haberet, &c. Rondeletius, vidiflfe fe anguillas 

 mutuo corporum complexu coeuntes affirmat, neque putare fe 

 partibus ad gignendum neceflariis prorfus deftitutas efle, inferi- 

 ore enim ventris parte, &C vulva in fceminis, & femen in mari- 

 bus reperitur, fed pinguedine multa circumfufse hse partes non 

 apparent. This opinion of Rondelet, which has been rejected 

 by many, is confirmed by ourNorvegian fifhermen ; who fay, that 

 out of the Eel's belly are feen fometimes young Eels hanging, as 

 if in their birth. Eels are catched here in the night, as they are 

 in Denmark, partly with hooks, and partly with a kind of 

 buckets, wide at the entrance, and runs down floping, and fb 

 contrived within, that they do not eafily find a paffage out ; in 

 thefe they put Herrings, or other Fifh, by way of bait. Eel- 

 fifhing is not of fuch confequence, as to carry on a foreign 

 trade with. 



Aaiequabbe. The Aalequabbe, or Lamprey, is generally not above twelve 

 inches long \ otherwife it is very like the common Eel, .except 

 that it is remarkably different as to the head and mouth, which is 

 very broad, and much like a frog's. In this, inftead of teeth, 

 there are two fharp bones like knives or fciflars ; about the 

 middle of the belly is a white fpot, the reft being brown. They 

 have as little roe as the common Eel, and they bring forth, their 

 young alive : this is a fa<9: beyond doubt. 



Aafkiar-Niot; The Aafkisex-lSI iot, the Gurnard, is a fmall Sea-fifh, not above iix 

 inches long, of a brown colour, fpotted with a mining white, with a 

 head almoft fquare and fharp at the end. In tafte it is not unlike 

 a Mackarel ; it is catched with a line, and when taken out of 

 the water is heard to grumble and fnort^ which is very different 

 from all other Fifh. 



Aborre. The Aborre or Perch, Perca, is a well-known Fifh 5 it is found 



in the frefli-water lakes in Norway, particularly eaftward, large 

 and fat : it is called here by feme Tryde, by others Skibbo. 



Ankertroid. Ankertrold. See the following chapter^ Krake. 



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