NATURAL HISTORY of NOR WAY. 109 



SECT. V. 



The Berggylte, the Rock-fifh, is a falt-water Fifh ; it has fcales Ber gg yite. 

 and fins like a Carp, and is of a reddifh colour : 'tis called by fome 

 the Norvegian Carp ; it is commonly from nine to twelve 

 inches in length, and about fix broad. This Fifh is fat and 

 well-tafted, but 'tis better cold than hot : they are generally 

 caught under the perpendicular rocks, or proje&ing cliffs, with 

 a hook. 



The Blaaskaal, the Blue-fifh, called alfo Blaaftak, alfo the Blaaskaal. 

 Siogumme, is like the Bergylten in every thing, excepting that 

 it is lefs, and is of a blue and green colour, with pretty flripes, 

 fuch as are upon a MackareL 



The Blankenfteen is a Sea- fifh, fo called for its filver-colour'd Blankenfteen. 

 bright fcales ; in fhape it is very much like a Herring, but it is 

 fomething longer, and narrower towards the tail : it is alfo 

 caught with a line, but not in any great quantity, and is not 

 much regarded. 



The Bleege, the Bleak, a well-tafted Fifh, frequent both in Bleege. 

 fait and frefh water, tho' moft in the laft. In fhape and fize 

 it is like a Dace, but it differs from it in the nnfpotted filver 

 colour. 



The Brafen, the Bream, Brama, is well known, and found in Brafen, 

 the eafl country. 



The Brifling, Encraficholus, the Anchovy, is properly of the Brining. 

 Herring kind, but much lefs ; the largeft is about four inches in 

 length ; 'tis broadifh, fat, and delicious ; they are caught every- 

 where in the warm Summer months, in fmall malh'd nets ; fome- 

 times they take an incredibe quantity at a draught. They are 

 not only eaten frefh, but are falted, and put up in barrels with 

 fpices, and fent to feveral foreign countries, where they are 

 called Anchovies, and they pay a good price for them. Thefe 

 only differ from a fmall Herring by the roughnefs of the belly, 

 when they are ftroaked with a Finger, from the tail upwards. 



The Brigde, the Fin-fifh, is a large Fifh, 40 feet or more in Brigde. 

 length • fome account them of the Whale kind, others of the 

 Porpoife. Their liver alone yields feveral casks of train oil; on 

 their back they have a high, round, and fharp bone, with which 

 they tear open other Fifhes bellies ; and they are covered with a 

 kind of hair, fomething like a horfe's main ; they are often feen 

 about the fifhermens boats, who are as much afraid of them as of 

 the moiV dangerous fea-monfter. Sometimes they are caught, tho' 

 feldom, and that is when they get into a creek, and entangle 



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