ijo NATURALHISTORY ot NORWAY. 



CHAPTER VI. 



A Continuation of the Former, concerning FISH and 



FISHERIES. 



Sect. I. Of Ling, Salmon, the Piper, and others. Sect. II. Of Mackrel, the 

 Porpejfe, and others. Of the Naruhal, Lamprey, Salmon-trout, and others. 

 Sect. III. The Horfe-Mackrel, and others. Sect. IV. Of the Razor-fijh, 

 the OJiracion, and the Thornback. Sed. V. Of the Sea-Alhuler, the Herring, 

 the Alburnus, the Gattorngive. Sect. VI. Of the Wolf-jifh, the Frog- 

 fijh, or Sea-devil, the Sturgeon, and Swbrd-fifh. Sect. VII. Of the Cod, 

 and others. Sect. VIII. Of the Walrufs, or Seahorfe, the Sea-Scorpion, and 

 others. 



SECT. I. 



Lake. *Tp H E Lake, or Lake-fild, the Marena, or Frefli- water Herring, 

 •*■ a frefh- water Fiflht, of 'which great numbers are caught 

 in the lake Store-mios, on Hedemarken. The pealants there- 

 about dry and export them. They are fhaped almoft like a Her- 

 ring, but are not quite fo large, nor lb fat, and well tafted ; and, 

 indeed, are not much regarded by thole who have variety of other 

 Filh. I make no doubt but this Filh is the lame with that which 

 Schonveld calls Marene. This author fays they are found in great 

 quantities in the Holftein lake, near Ploen, and in the Mecklenburg 

 dominions, near Sverin : cc Harengo omnibus fere partibus relpon- 

 iC det, pinnis, branchiarum incifione ampliore, dorli fubnigro, la- 

 " terum argenteo colore & Iquamis facile deciduis. Sed minor 

 Cc eft aliquando, duorum ut plurimum palmorum longitudinis, ple- 

 " niore item carne duriore & friabiliore, ventre molli non ferrato, 

 " nifi quod in fcallenii lacu marenas cubitales capi certum eft." 

 Willoughby, Lib. iv. cap. 10, p. 229. 



L*nge. The Lange, Ling, or the Long Cod-fifh, a Sea-filh, lb called 



from his length, which may be fix feet at leaft. It would be like 

 an Eel, if it was not fo thick towards the head, which makes it 

 look more like a long and narrow Cod. It has a fort of a long 

 fin, running all along the middle of the back. The Ikin is 

 fmooth, and of a Ihining light colour; the flefh is well tafted, 



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