Mo NATURAL H I S T O R Y of NORWAY. 



natural method of dropping it : this feems, indeed, confirmed 

 to be the caufe by the obfervations of feVeral perfons ; for they 

 are frequently feen to dig, with the motion of their tail, feveral 

 holes in fand or clay under a rock, where they eject their roe in 

 common, and then roll a flone upon it to preferve it. 



The fame is faid of fome others of this genus, particularly of 

 the River-Trout. " Truttae flu'viatiles circa fefta natalitia turrna- 

 tim congregantur. Scrobes caudis excavant, feque o&odecim circi- 

 ter in unum collocantes, inibi foetificant, fupra foeturam lapides 

 advolvunt." Aloyf. Com. Marfili Danub. Panon. Tom. iv. p. 78. 

 Amongft Salmon-Trout are a certain fort of Fifh called here 

 Roer ; they have this name, becaufe they differ from the others 

 in the colour of their fins, which are of a more lively red. 

 They are reckoned wholefomer than the Salmon-Trout, and, it is 

 faid, are not fubjetl; to the diftemper above mentioned. 



P»r- The Piir, the Trachurus, or Horfe-Mackarel, is, in appearance, 



a fmall Mackarel, and it mull either be the young, or a particular 

 fort of the fame tribe ; but which I cannot determine. It is 

 much lefs and leaner than the common Mackarel ; and, without 

 doubt, it is the Fifh which Willoughby, after Aldrovandus and 

 Bellonius, has called the Trachurus, His account of it is this : 

 u Scombros colore, figura & fapore refert, ut recle Bellonius, 

 unde 8c Maquereau baftard, i. e. Scombrus fpurius Gallis dicitur. 

 Verum minor eft quam fcomber, corpore minus fpiffb rotundoque 

 Sc paululum comprefTo." Lib. iv. cap. 12. p. 290. 



p U ur. The Puur, the Dove, a fmall frefn-water Fifh : I have never 



feen it in the rivers near Bergen ; but it. is found in thofe of 

 Nordland. It looks almoft like a Herring, and is very well 

 tailed. 



Quabbe. Quabbe. See Aale-Quabbe. 



Qudte. Queite. See Helle-fiynder. 



SECT. IV. 



Raate. The Raate, or, as it may be called, the Sea-Karudfe, as alfo 



the Berggylten, the Sea-Carp ; for betwixt the Karudfen, par- 

 ticularly the flat and light brown kind, and the Raate, in fize, 

 fhape, fcales, and every thing, there appears outwardly very lit- 

 tle difference^ but in the tafte there is a great deal ; for the 

 flefh of this is a great deal coarfer, tho' it does not want for fat. 

 Indeed if one takes particular notice they may be diftinguifhed; 

 for, as the HyfTen differs from the Whiting, by two black fpots 

 on the back part of the neck, fo has this Fifh a black fpot on 



each fide of the tail. 



The 



