18 The BRITISH ANGLER. 



vifions do we receive from the Indulgence of 

 this Element! 



This very Delicacy, however, might pof- 

 fibly fo enhance their Value, that none but the 

 Rich could purchale them ; or the Plenty 

 might be fo great, that the Corruption of the 

 Whole, or the greateil Part, might prevent 

 their timely Confumption. But both thefe In- 

 conveniences are effedlually prevented by a 

 little Salt. Thus the Sea is lavifh of her 

 Stores, and at the fame time furnifhes us with 

 that which renders their Communication eafy, 

 and their Conveyance fafe. We obferve like- 

 wife in this Profufion of the Sea, a Precaution 

 which enhances the Value of her Gifts, and 

 proves an additional Blefling. Such Fifh as 

 are wholefomeFood and agreeable to theTafte, 

 are exceedingly prolifick ; but thofc, on the 

 other Hand, whofe F\t^ is unpalatable, or 

 prejudicial to our Health, and whofe mon- 

 ftrous Size renders them formidable toothers, 

 for the Generality bring forth their Young 

 completely formed into the World, and feldom 

 more than one or two at a Birth. The fame 

 Wifdom that has regulated with fuch Indul- 

 gence the Bounds of their Fecundity, keeps 

 thofc at a wide Diftance from our Shores, 

 which we have the leaft Occafion for, and puts 

 others into our PolTeflion, which are of mod 

 Benefit and Advantage to us. Some Species 

 are with us all the Year long, and others 

 pay us an annual Vifit in prodigious Multi- 

 tudes. The exadt Time ot their Paflage, and 



their 



