no 



Brofmer. 



Elveritze. 



NATURAL HISTORX of NORWAY. 



themfelves in the fiftiing-nets : tho' they carry the nets away, they 

 are fo encumbered by them, that one may eafily ftick them 

 with a fpear. 



The Brofmer, is a good fea fifh, of a moderate fize, with a 

 fhortand round head, and a flippery fkin, like an Eel, but the 

 flefhisfirm, and agreeable to eat ; the roe alfo is counted very 

 delicious. Our fifhermen fay they live very much amongft the 

 fea-fhrubs, and feed on them. They are caught moftly in the 

 Summer months, in deep water, with lines. They are falted 

 down, or dry'd, and then exported. Perhaps this is the fame 

 Filh that is called in France, Brame de Mer, the Sea-bream ; but 

 I only guefs fo by the name. 



SECT. VI. 



Elveritze, afmall Filh, which has its name from rivers wherein 

 they are generally catch'd. 

 FiikeKcg. Fifke Kong, King of the Fifties : two kinds of Fifh are called 

 by this name ; one is of the Cod, and the other of the Sea Bream 

 kind. This laft is not much different from the ordinary fort, ex- 

 cept that it has a lump as big as a man's fift on the head, which fan- 

 ciful people fuppofe to be beform'd like a crown ; from whence the 

 fifhermen have taken the liberty to call him King of the Fifties. 



Flynder, the Flounder:, of this Flat-Fifh, which includes 

 a great many branches, we have here chiefly four forts ; namely, 

 The Hellebut, or Plaice (not the large Helle-flynder, which 

 is called here Queite, and will be taken notice of hereafter) : 

 this is a pretty large and roundifh Flounder, fat and flefhy, 

 with red fpots on the lkin. 2. The Krobbe-flynder, fome- 

 thing lefs, black and rough, or full of fmall prickles : this has 

 very firm flefh. 3. The Sand -flynder : this has fcales on the 

 lkin, and is grey on one fide, but, like the reft, white on* the 

 other, or under fide. 4. The Flirer : thefe are the leaft, but 

 the beft tafted of all : they are partly caught in nets, partly 

 with fiftiing hooks, and iometimes they are ftuck with a 

 Imall bearded lance, which is done thus : when the fifhermen 

 row their boats over fandy ground, where the Flounders are feen 

 in clear weather lying in heaps together, they drop a line with a 

 heavy lead to it, under which the little lance is fix'd, which, 

 by the weight of the lead, fticks in the Flounder, fo that he muft 

 follow the line up : by this method they fbon fill the boat with 

 them. In Nordland and Sundmoer this Fifh is found in the greatefl: 

 perfection ; it is dry'd and exported with a good profit. Th. 

 Bartholinus mentions (in his Hift. Anatom.) a remarkable Floun- 

 der, 



Flynder. 



