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ACCOUNT OF DANISH LAPLAND BY LEEMS. 437
codfith called Stkf, if it fhould harden from cold becomes fpongy, and that if a mifty
air fhould lay hold of it while drying, it contracts a certain colour lefs grateful to the
dealers in codfifh.
A fith comes alfo to the fhores of Finmark which the natives call the king of the
fpeckled codfifh. It ufually has a fort of chubbed head, rifing in the fhape of a crown,
broad forehead, the lower jawbone a little projecting, but refembling the reft of his
kind in every other particular. And as the bees have their king, the leader of the
whole fwarm, fo alfo is this faid king of the codfith faid to go before them, and point out
the way under the guidance of Providence, tending from the deep to the fhores. Hence
does it happen very rarely that he is taken but among thick fhoals of {peckled
codfifh, which the natives from the number and denfity call I7/4e-Bierg. The fither-
man affert from the worn and battered {kin of this fifh, that it eafily appears that he
has been very much vexed and harafled among many. The king of the codfifh is
dried whole in the air differently from the reft, the heads of which are ufually cut off
before they are hung up in the wind. he fuperftitious common people believe that
the fifherman who happens to take the king codfifh will be very fortunate from that
time, and that he will afterwards enjoy the beft and greateft fuccefs in fifhing.
The long cod, are alfo in Finmark, the beft of thofe are they that are taken near
Kiaelvig, and the ifland Ing-Den. The black cod, commonly called Craafy, the
greater as well as the lefler fifh, very well known through Norway, is very frequent in
the fea of Finmark. The larger of this kind of fifh is called-in Norwegian Seyobs. Be-
fides the common and ufual way of catching the black cod elfewhere through Norway,
the Laplanders have contrived the following method.- Whilft thefe fith are {porting
and ruftling in great numbers asin a troop, in the fea, the wily fifherman f{tands at the
prow of the boat, furnifhed with a hooked pole, with which he ftrikes, one after the
other, down, and flings them into his fmack. It frequently happens, which I myfelf
faw, that a great number fly fporting to the very fhore, when the fifhermen who are
ftanding there, not mifling the opportunity, and furnifhed with their hooked poles, kill
many, and fling them afhore.
A certain fifh, called by the natives Soborting, of a reddifh colour under the belly, but
filvery through the reft of the body, red flefh, but very delicate, is found too in this
fea.
Among other fifh of the feas of Finmark, is to be found one, known here and there,
through Norway, called agreeably to the varying dialects of places, one time, Rogn-
Kiolfe ; another time Rogn-Kiaefse, but in the Lapland, Akkazinzo. ‘This fifh is of a
dark colour, fhort and thick in the fhape of its body, fharp fins {tanding out on each fide,
and exceedingly abundant in fpawn. ‘The flefh, the lefs agreeable to the palate of men,
is the more grateful to the other kind which prefer this fifh to all others.
Herrings, and thefe the moft excellent of their kind, are here in immenfe numbers,
which the Laplanders through ignorance neglect catching, unprovided with any means
for that purpofe. They take jult enough, as neceflity may require for bait for cod-fifh,
and other fifth; for which purpofe they ufually draw with a boat fuch as are driven by
the birds, or playing carelefsly on the tranquil fea.
A certain fifh called by the natives Ledde, is alfo to be met with, of which there are
two kinds, called in Norwegian the one Iern Lodde, the other Sild-Lodde. Thofe
of the kind called Jern Lodde, are of a triangular form on the back, green colour, in-
clining to dark, and under a white belly. Thefe faid fifhes ufually come in immenfe
{quadrons to the fhores of Finmark, but not annually. On their approaching, they are
accompanied by other fifh, or they are alone. After fometime elapfed, they return to
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