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in most parts of the known World, for great Numbers of 

 them are to be found in almost every Creek and Gut of Salt 

 Water, and frequently hanging upon Boughs of Trees, as 

 they bend into the Water, so that when the Tide is out you 

 shall see them suspended in the Air, Avhich would be a very 

 uncommon sight in Ireland, to see Fish growing upon Trees. 

 In the sound in several places there are such quantities of 

 large Oyster-hayiks, that they are very troublesome to Vessels 

 trading to these parts which happen to come in amongst them. 

 They are of a different shape, from those with us, for those 

 in Carolina are very long and large, and not round as ours 

 are. They are excellent good, and nourish as much as any 

 Fish whatever, and that without any manner of danger of 

 Surfeiting. They strengthen the Stomach, cause an Appe- 

 tite, and breed good Juices, being light and easy of digestion, 

 and are good in Consumptions and several other disorders. 



These Oysters, pickled, are well relished, excellent good 

 for a Cold raw and squasy Stomach. The Shells in Powder 

 cure Heartburnings, are good in Feavers and the like, and 

 are the only Lime we have for building in this Country. 



The Spanish-Oysters, are so call'd, from their great plenty 

 in the Spanish West-Indies; they have a very thin Shell, and 

 rough on the outside. They are excellent good Shell-fish, 

 and so large that half a Dozen are sufficient to satisfie a hun- 

 gry Stomach. From these Oysters come the Pearls that are 

 so useful in Physick and so Ornamental. 



The Cockles, whereof there are two sorts, the larger and 

 the smaller, and first, the large Cockles are so very biff that 

 one of them is as large as five or six of those in Ireland. 

 They are so very plenty in several parts, that they are often 

 thrown upon the Sands on the sound side, where the Gulls 



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