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they feemed to be the fame with our Pintail 

 ducks, or Linntfus's Anas acuta : but they were 

 very fhy. On the fhore of the continent we faw 

 fome very fine Hoping corn-fields, which at pre- 

 fent looked quite green, the corn being already 

 come up. We faw many boats, in which the 

 fimermen were bufy catching oyfters : to this 

 purpofe they make ufe of a kind of rakes with 

 long iron teeth bent inwards ; thefe they ufed 

 either fingle, or two tied together, in fuch a man* 

 ner, that the teeth were turned towards each 

 other. 



Q5l. 3 1 ft. ABOUT New York they find innu- 

 merable quantities of excellent oyfters, and there 

 are few places which have oyfters of fuch an ex- 

 <|uifite tafte, and of fo great a fize : they are 

 pickled and fent to the Weft Indies and other 

 places ; which is done in the following manner. 

 As foon as the oyfters are caught^ their fhells 

 are opened, and the fim wafhed clean ; fome 

 water is then poured into a pot, the oyfters are 

 put into it, and they muft boil for a while ; the 

 pot is then taken off from the fire again, the 

 oyfters taken out and put upon a di(h, till they 

 are fome what dry : then you take fome mace, 

 allfpice, black pepper, and as much vinegar as 

 you think is fufficient to give a fourifh tafte. 

 AH this is mixed with half the liquor in which 

 the oyfters were boiled, and put over the fire 

 again. While you boil it, great care is to be 

 taken in fcumming off the thick fcum ; at laft 

 the whole pickle is poured into a glafs or earthen 

 veflel, the oyfters are put. to it, and the veffel is 

 flopped to keep out the air. In this man- 

 ner 



