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at night, which makes the fifth, which purfue 

 the fire, leap into the fampane. This kind 

 of fiihery is generally undertaken on account 

 of a fpecies of fifth called mullets, which leap 

 in the dark towards the light of a fire. 



Between the rocks and the fhore the 

 fiihery is very great with nets and hooks : they 

 catch a great quantity of fifh, and fell them 

 faked or dried in the neighbouring towns and 

 villages. 



Among the mr«ny forts of fifh there are 

 fome like thofe known among us; namely 

 carps, perches, and fea perches; but I can- 

 not with certainty fay that they are the fame : 

 thofe that are well known to me are eels, 

 grabs, fhrimps, oyfters, mufcles, and lobfters : 

 a very large fort of the latter is caught in 

 plenty on the rocks of Macao. They do not 

 only burn lime from the oyfter ihells, but like- 

 wife make ufe of the largeft in their buildings 

 ' jnftead of bricks, 



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