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by the natives in their seines, who sold them to us at 

 a very easy rate. Besides these, there were fish of 

 many species which we had never seen before, but to 

 all which the seamen very readily gave names : so 

 that we talked here as familiarly of hakes, bream, 

 cole-fish, and many others, as we do in England ; and 

 though they are by no means of the same family, it 

 must be confessed that they do honour to the name. 

 But jthe highest luxury which the sea afforded us, 

 even in this place, was the lobster or sea cray-fish, 

 which are probably the same that in the account of 

 Lord Anson's Voyage are said to have been found at 

 the island of Juan Fernandes, except that, although 

 large, they are not quite equal in size : they differ 

 from ours in England in several particulars, they have 

 a greater number of prickles on their backs, and they 

 are red when first taken out of the water. These we 

 also bought every where to the northward in great 

 quantities of the natives, who catch them by diving 

 near the shore, and finding out where they lie with their 

 feet. We had also a fish that Frezier, in his Voyage 

 to the Spanish Main in South America, has described 

 by the names of Elejant, Pejegallo, or Poison coq, 

 which, though coarse, we eat very heartily. Several 

 species of the skate, or sting-ray, are also found here, 

 which were still coarser than the Elefant ; but as an 

 atonement, we had among many kinds of dog-fish 

 one spotted with white, which was in flavour exactly 

 similar to our best skate, but much more delicious. 

 We had also flat fish resembling both soles and floun- 

 ders, besides eels and congers of various kinds, with 

 many others of which those who shall hereafter visit 

 this coast will not fail to find the advantage ; and 

 shell-fish in great variety, particularly clams, cockles, 

 and oysters. 



Among the vegetable productions of this country, 

 the trees claim a principal place ; for here are forests 

 of vast extent, full of the straightest, the cleanest, 

 and the largest timber trees that we had ever seen : 



