228 The Natural History 



The Cavallies are about the bigness of a Mackarel, the 

 Fins and Tail are partly like a Dolphins. They have large 

 Eyes, and are of a brownish colour on their Backs, and their 

 Bellies white; they have exceeding small Scales, and a very 

 thick Skin. They are taken in the same places w4th the 

 S'panish-Macharel, and are one of the firmest Fishes known 

 in these parts, and will therefore keep sweet (in the extremity 

 of the hot Weather) two or three Days without Salt, when 

 others will Stink in half a Day, if not Salted. Those that 

 catch them, immediately take off their Scales, otherwise you 

 must pull off the Skin and Scales when boiled ; the Skin being 

 the choicest part of the Fish. Their Meat is exceeding White, 

 and very relishing when it is well Drest. 



The Boneto's are very fine and palatable Fishes, and gen- 

 erally about a Yard long. They most commonly frequent 

 the Inlets and Waters near the Ocean, and are kill'd with the 

 Harpoon and Fish-gig, but seldom or never with the Hook 

 and Line, though they are very plenty in several places on 

 this Coast. 



The Blue-Fish, so call'd, from their being of that colour, 

 they are accounted one of the best sort of Fishes in these 

 parts, being very fat. They have a forked Tail, and are 

 partly shaped like a Dolphin. They are as large and as long 

 as a Salmon, and as good. They come to these Coasts in the 

 fall of the Year, and after there has been one black Frost, in 

 great Shoals, so that the Indians and others who wade into the 

 Waters strike and kill vast Numbers of them with their Fish- 

 gigs. Sometimes many Cart loads of them are found dead 

 and left dry on the Sea Shore; which is occasioned for the 

 most part by their eager pursuit after the small Fish ; by 

 which means they and several other Fishes run themselves on 

 Shoar, and the Tides leaving them on the dry Sands they 



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