A HARD-WORKING DIET. 65 
were bought, as would appear to be the case in War- 
wickshire, both porpoise and conger must have been 
salted. 
The earliest date at which pike (Laz aquadtict) are Pike. 
quoted is 1277, Lambwaith (probably the present 
Lambeth). Two years after they are found three suc- 
cessive years at the same place, and called “ pikerell.” 
They were also taken at Cherwell, Gosford, and at 
Oxford. With one exception (Cambridge, 1342) all 
other pike were taken from the lower portion of the 
Cherwell, and probably in medieval times these pike 
had as great a reputation as they bear now. 
There are few entries of oysters. But the rate of Oysters. 
those taken at Thorney in Sussex is uniform half- 
penny the hundred. And at Sharpness in Kent 7d. 
the bushel. Mussels are also quoted from this place 
at 5d. the bushel. 
5. DATE—1!401 to 1582. 
A HISTORY OF AGRICULTUKE AND PRICES IN 
ENGLAND.’—Logers. 
Gives average prices of fish for the last fifty years Prices a.p. 
1401 t 82. 
of the fourteenth century :— GE MO Uso 
pe Mat 7 J, S08 ta: 
Herring (ved), cade 0 6 42 «O-10 159 Wiss 
Do. (white), barrel © II 6 Ov 12: x0; ; DRS 
Sprats, cade OG, 1. -6)) 0) 2 Poe Ra 
Salmon, barrel | ey ila 5 oe Were U-Verey ce C(O) 
Ling, c . 5A” 302 20.73.00 ie 
Cad, ¢)..; 2 Ay 2 Te. A Kae 
Stock fish, c. A 7 eA OT OP eae 
Sleush, Walp. . ~« .O .1 She (O72 “Ete ne24 
The first column is the average between the years 
