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Scate or stingray, the same as in England, and 

 very common ; but the great plenty of other fish 

 makes these not regarded, for few or none eat 

 them in Carolina, though they are almost at every 

 one's door. 



Thornbacks are the same as in England. Thev 

 are not so common as the scate and whip rays. 



Congar eels always remain in the salt water ; 

 they are much more known in the northward parts 

 of America than with us. 



Lampreys are not common ; I never saw but 

 one, which was large, and caught by the Indians 

 in a ware. They would not eat him but gave him 

 to me. 



Eels are no where in the world better, or more 

 plentiful than in Carolina. 



Sunfish are flat and rounder than a bream, and 

 are reckoned a fine tasted fish, and not without 

 reason. They are much the size of angel fish. 



Toad fish are nothing but a skin full of prickles, 

 and a few bones ; they are as ugly as a toad, and 

 preserved to look upon and good for nothing else. 



Sea tench. They are taken by a bait near the 

 inlet, or out at sea a little way. They are black- 

 ish and exactly like a tench, except in the back 

 :tinr-, which have prickles like a pearcli. They are 

 as good if not better than any tench. 



Trouts of the salt water are exactly shaped like 

 the trouts in Europe, having blackish, not red 

 spots. They are in the salts arid are not red with- 

 in but white, yet a very good fish. They are so 



