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U A C K R E L. 



Class IV. 



XXIX. 

 MACKREL, 



Seven branchioftegous rays. 

 Several fmall fins between the dorfal fin and 

 the tail 



?32. Com- 

 mon* 



2>i6(ji,£go$. Ariji. Hiji. an. Lib. 



VI. c. 17. IX. c. 2. Jthe- 



naus, Lib. III. 121. Mil. 



32 1. Oppian Halieut.l. 142. 

 Scomber. 0<vid Halieut. 94. 



PliniiLib.lX.c15.XXXl. 



c. 8. 

 Macarello, Scombro. Salvia??. 



241 . 



Le Macreau. Belon, 197. 

 Scomber. Rondel. 233. Gef- 

 ner pifc. 841. (pro 861.) 



Makerel. Schone<velde, 66. 

 Mackrell, or Macarel. Wil. 



Icth. 181. Raiifyn.pifc. 58. 

 Scomber pinnulis quinque in 



extremo dorfo, polyptery- 



gio, aculeo brevi ad anum. 



Arted. fynon. 48. 

 Scomber Scomber. Lin. fyjl. 



492. Grono-j. Zoopb. No. 



3°4- 

 Mackrill. Faun. Suec. No. 



339- 



Oa^uh. 



THE mackrel is a fummer nfh of pafTage that 

 vifits our fhores in vaft fhoals. It is lefs 

 ufeful than other fpecies of gregarious fifh, being 

 very tender, and unfit for carriage •, not but that 

 it may be preferved by pickling and faking, a 

 method, we believe, praetifed only in Cornwall f 9 

 where it proves a great relief to the poor during 

 winter. 



It was a fifh greatly efteemed by the Romans, 



'* This is the firfl opportunity we have had of looking 

 into Sahianus, whofe Italian fynonyms we make ufe of. 

 f Borlafi Cornwall, 269. 



becaufe 



