Common herring. l6l 



jpbises; For these and other reasons Dr. Bloch is 

 inchned to beheve the long voyage of the Herring 



. to exist only in the minds of its describers. 



r> Among the principal enemies of this fish may be 

 numbered the various species of Whales*, some of 

 which are observed to pursue large shoals, and to 

 swallow them in such quantities, that in the stomach 

 of a single whale no less than six hundred herrings 

 are said to have been found. Besides the whale> 

 various species of marine birds of prey are per- 

 petually assailing them either on the water or from 

 above. The Herring itself is supposed to feed 

 principally on sea-insects and the smaller kind of 

 marine worms. 



Exclusive of the various methods of preparing 

 this fish for sale in different countries, a great 

 quantity of oil is drawn from it, forming a great 

 and important commercial article among the north- 

 ern nations, and particularly among the Svvedes. 



* Particularly a Whale called the Nord-Caper^y a veiy swift 

 animal of the Ore tribe. 



