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Hawhs-hllled Turtle. They are called Sea-Nettles, from the 

 stinging and blistering quality they have like Nettles, occa- 

 sioning burning Pains to whatever part of the Skin they 

 happen to touch. 



The fresh-water Shell-fish are the Mussels and Craw-fish. 

 The Mussels are here plenty in several parts of the Freshes, 

 and are much the same as in Europe; they are only made use 

 of by the Indians, who eat them after five or six Hours boil- 

 ing to make them tender ; there are valuable Pearls found in 

 some of them, the whitest are the best, being the wholsomest. 

 The Broth is opening, and therefore good in the Dropsie, 

 Jaundice, and Gout. 



The Craiv-fish are very plenty in the Brooks and small 

 Rivers of Water amongst the Indians, and at the heads of the 

 Rivers near the Mountains; they are as delicious and good 

 here as in any part of the World. They are shaped like a 

 Scorpion, and the Stones in the Head are accounted good 

 against the Jaundice and Stone in the Reins. The Black 

 are much better than the White ; they nourish and strengthen 

 the Body, and the Soop made of them is in very great Value 

 and Esteem amongst the Quality. 



Having thus given a Description of several Species, or 

 Kinds of Fishes that are to be met with, and already known 

 in North Carolina; I shall in the next place proceed to what 

 remains of the Present State, having already accounted for 

 the Animals and Vegetables, as far as this Volume would 

 allow of, and whatever remains may be easily guessed at by 

 any ingenious Man who considers what Latitude Carolina 

 lies in, which reaches from 29 to 36 Degrees 30 Minutes of 

 North Latitude, as I have already observed: Most part of 



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