BOOK III. CHAP. VIII. 



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■ 310. Sea-Fish. 



*' I know not (fays Sir H. Sloane), neither have I heard of any 

 *' place where there is a greater plenty of frefh water and fea firties, 

 *' than on this ifland and on its coafts ; which is a great providence 

 *' and contrivance for the fupport of the inliabitants ;" — more efpe- 

 cially for thofe vvho refide near the fea, who do not enjoy the pro- 

 duftions of the earth in fuch luxuriance as thofe of the interior 

 parts, and in unfeafonable years depend upon the produce of the 

 ocean, which never fails them, for a large part of their fubfitlence. 



I (hall enumerate only fuch as are the moft in cfteem ; viz^ 



[0] This fidi has been thought unwhoklbme, when tlie roof and palate of its mouth are black. 

 This appearance is probably occafioned by their feeding at certain times on fome noxious fub- 

 marine plant. 



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