Tin; [)i:r.M. HIS 



Till' Slu'cp's-licail is ht-coiuinfj scarce in tin- liarhoiir ui' New 

 \«)rk, and tliosc brought into the city conic mostly from the 

 south hays of Lonj; Ishmd. 



No tisli is better on the tabk', or more valued. 



lie is the hijjhest prize of the salt-water an;^dcr, and the idol 

 of the epieure's adoration. 



Let him enjoy his rcijutation, In- di'scrvcs it ; perhaps the 

 knowledu'e of his posthumous honours may be a eonsolatioii to 

 him in his death-pang. 



Till-: DKl'M. 



NElTUhiU to catch nor to cook the Pruni, \Nill 1 teach you, 

 gentle reader mine, for he is not worth the hook wjiiih he will 

 probably carry away, if you strike him, nor the salt wliii-h you 

 might waste in seasoning him. 



Unless in his vast size and great power, he has no merit, and 

 in these he is surpassed by the Shark, the Porpoise, and the 

 Whale, for which I should about as soon think of angling. 



