f,2 TIIM ril\Sl('AI. CMOClUArilV of 'I'IIM Sl'lA. 



lalvcn III llic <'»»l(l Wilier ollliiit fo;ist, llic)' liavc ;i (Iclicioiis llavor 

 and am liii»lily cslcrnuMl ; hut when lakcii iti \\\c warm \\\\\r.v on 

 llui otliiu- I'lliid ol'tlic (iiill tSLr(>aiii, llu)iiL;h but a Ic^w iiuli-s distant, 

 tliiMi" llcsh is soil and unlit lor the tal)l('. Tho tiunpcraturc^ of 

 tli(« wale r ;il. tlic Ualr/c rcaclics *.»0". Tlic lisli taken thcro aro 

 in)t lo 1)1" compared with lliosi' ol the sanu^ hititndi^ in this eold 

 stream. New Orleans tiieiidore resorts to the cool waters on tlu; 

 I'lorida. eoasls lor her elioieest lish. 'Hie s;im(> is th(^ ease in th(3 

 Paeilie. A em rent oteold waler Irom llu; south swcu'ps tlu> siiores 

 of Chili, l\'ru,and Columhia, and reaches the ( Jallipiij^os Islands 

 under ihe line. 'riiroii<;hout lliis whole distance, the world does 

 not allbrd a nior(^ ahnndant or <'\eellent su|)[)ly ol' lish. Vet out 

 III the Pacilie, at tln^ Soei(>ty Islands, where eoral abounds, and tht; 

 Wilier preseives a hii;Ii(>r l(Mn|)<Matiir«', lh(> lish, though they vie in 

 i;()rj;(>ousness ol" colorinj; w ith Ihe birds, and plants, and insects ol 

 ihe tropics, wvr held in no (>steem as an arlicit? of food. . I have 

 known siidors, even aller Ioml;" voyai;i>s, slid \o preler their salt 

 heel' and pork lo a mess ol lish taken ther(>. The lew laclswhic-h 

 we have* Ix^arini;" upon this subjin-t seem to siiij;i;('st it as a j)oint 

 (»r the impiir)' lo be made, wIuMIum' the habilal ol certain lish iloes 

 not indicate Ihe tcmperaliir(M)r tht« water ; and whether these cold 

 and warm ciirreiils ol the occ;m Ai) not constitute ihc*- «»reat hii^li- 

 ways through which migratory lishcs travid Irom onv region lo 

 anolhi'r. 



Navigators \\a\c olttMi \\\v\ with vast numhcn's ol youiii;' sea- 

 m-ttlcs (nuduste) drifliui; aloni;- with Ihe (Julf Stream. They are 

 known lo constitute" the principal i\HH\ for th(M\liale ; but whitlun- 

 bound b\ this route has causi'd much curious spcHudiition, lor it 

 IS wi-ll kiu>wii that ihe habits of the rii;ht whale are avtM-s(> lo \\\c 

 warm wati'rs of this slri^im. An mtellii;tMit S(M-eaptain inlorms 

 \\\c that, two or three vcsirs a<;(), in tlu< (JuU Stri^im on the coast 

 {)( I'lorida, he hdl in with such a. "school of youni>- sea-iu>ttl(\s as 

 Jiad never bidon^ beiMi hvard ol." 'IMie s(>a \*as ccwtM-tul with tluMU 

 ior many loai;ui\^. lie hkiMied them, m a[)pi\irance on the water, 

 lo acorns lloalini;' on a stream ; but they wore so thick as to I'oni- 

 plt'ttdy covtM" the sim. \\v was bound to l"ini»land, and was live 

 or si\ days in sailiii'; through lluMii. In about sixty days al'ter- 

 \v;n'd, on his rtMiirn, he lell in with tlu" sanu^ school oll'the Wi^sl- 

 v.m Islands, and here he was three or lour days in passhig them 



