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,.'777- The princioal fifli we caut^ht by the Seine were muliefs 



lebruary. ^ ' o / 



and elephant filh, with a few foles and flounders ; but thoCe 

 .«hac the natives moftly fupplied us with, were a fort of fea- 

 bream of a filvcr colour with a black fpot on the neck, 

 large Conger eels, and a fifh in fliape much like the bream, 

 but fo large as to weigh five, fix, or feven pounds. It is 

 blackifh with thick lips, and called Mogge by the natives. 

 With hook and line we caught chiefly a blackiQi fifli of the 

 fize of a haddock, called cole-fifh by the feamen, but differ- 

 ing much from that known by the fame name in Europe ; 

 and another of the fame fize, of a reddifh colour with a liiclc 

 beard, which we called night walkers, from the greateft 

 number being caught in the night. Sometimes we got a 

 fort of fmall falmon, gurnards, fliate, and nurfes ; and the 

 natives, now and then, brought hake, paracutas, a fmall fort 

 of mackerel, parrot-fifh, and leather-jackets; befides another 

 •fifh- which is very rare, fhaped almoft like a dolphin, of a 

 black colour, with ftrong bony jaws, and tiie back-fin, as 

 well as thofe oppofite to it, much lengthened at the end. 

 All thefe forts, except the laft, which we did not try, are ex- 

 cellent to eat ; but the Moggc, fmall falmon, and cole-fifli 

 are fuperior to the reft. 



The rocks are abundantly furniflied with great quantities 

 of excellent mufcles ; one fort of which, that is not very 

 common, meafures above a foot in length. There are alfo 

 cockles buried in the fand of the fmall beaches; and in fome 

 places oyflers, which, though very fmall, are well tafted. 

 Of other fhell-fifli there are ten or twelve forts, fuch as peri- 

 "vvinckles, wilks, limpets, and fome very beautiful fea-ears; 

 9lfo another fort which flick to the weeds; with fome other 

 things, as fea-eggs, ftar-fifli, &c. feveral of which are pe- 



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