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Meat. These kind of Eish are better known to the North' 

 ward of America, than in this Province. 



The Lamprey, or Lampron, is not common in these Parts 

 but plenty to the Northward. They are best in March and 

 April, being then fattest; in Summer they are harder and 

 leaner. They are about a Yard long, live in the Sea in 

 Rocky places, and in the Mouths of Kivers, and weigh about 

 twelve pound Weight: They eat Flesh, and when taken, are 

 said to fly at the Fishers, and to be an Enemy to the Conger. 

 They are sometimes taken in the Fish Wairs, but the Indians 

 cannot endure them, neither will they eat them, though they 

 are fond of most other sorts of Fish found in these Parts. 

 Pliny reporteth, that they Spawn at all times of the Year, 

 whereas all other Fish have certain Seasons. The Flesh is 

 sweet and of good ISTourishment, yet it is apt to cause Surfeits 

 like the former, with which it agTees in Mature and Virtues. 



The Eels are plenty in all our Rivers, and eat as well as in 

 any part of the World. Their Flesh is very sweet, and yields 

 much iSTourishment, but apt to surfeit if much eaten. The 

 Fat is good against blow^s and discolouring of the Skin, dropt 

 into the Ears, helps old Pains and Deafness. The Gall is 

 excellent against Suffusions of the Eyes, and the Blood warm 

 wdth Wine helps the Cholich. 



The Sun-Fish is very fat and rounder than a Bream, it's 

 hinder part is invironed with a Circular Fin, which serves 

 instead of a Tail, so that it may seem to be but the Head of a 

 Fish, or a Fish in part rather than a whole one. They are 

 plenty in these parts of America, and sometimes weigh a hun- 

 dred Weight ; they are commonly two or three Feet in length, 

 they have no Scales, but are covered with a hard thick and 



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