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The Loche is the same here as in Europe. The Flesh is 

 very light and excellent nourishment, delicate in taste, whol- 

 some, and good for Women with Child. 



The Sucking-Fish are nearest in taste to a Barbie, only 

 they have no Barhs, they are about a Foot and a half long, 

 and are a very soft and flabby Fish, and therefore are seldom 

 or never made use of except by the Negroes and Indians, they 

 are generally taken v^ith the Bait and are very plenty in our 

 Rivers and Creeks. 



The Cat-Fish, so call'd, from the Whiskers or small fins 

 they have about their Mouths. They are nearest in taste to 

 Eels of any Fish I have ever met with. They are generally 

 boild and made into Soop or Broath, which is the best way 

 of dressing them. They are an excellent good Fish and 

 nourish very much. There is another kind of Cat-fish which 

 frequents the Salt W^aters exactly like the former, both these 

 sorts are very plenty in these parts, and are taken by angling 

 with a Bait. They are a round blackish Fish with a great 

 flat Head and wide Mouth, and like the Eels have no Scales. 



The Grindal, are a long scaled Fish with small Eyes, and 

 frequent Ponds, Lakes, and slow running Creeks and Swamps, 

 but a very indiffrent soft fish, therefore not much coveted 

 or made use of except by the Negroes or Indians, though 

 some eat them, and report they are good Fish. 



The Old-wives, these are bright scaly Fish which frequent 

 the Swamps and fresh runs of Water, they have very small 

 Mouths and large Eyes, with a great Fin on their Back, they 

 seem to be between an European Roach and a Bream, and 

 eat much like the latter, they are in great plenty up the 

 Freshes. The Indians take abundance of these Fish and 

 Barhahue them till they are Crisp, and so Transport them 

 on wooden Hurdles to their Towns and Quarters. 



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