262 LAWSON'S IIISTOEY 



Loach, tlie same as in England. 



Sucking fish are the nearest in taste and shape 

 to a barbel, only they have no barbs. 



Cat fish are a round, blackish fish, with a great 

 flat head, a wide mouth and no scales. They 

 something resemble eels in taste. Both this sort, 

 and another that frequents the salt water, are ve- 

 ry plentiful. 



Grindals are a long scaled fish with small eyes, 

 and frequent ponds, lakes, and slow running 

 creeks and swamps. They are a soft, sorry fish, 

 and good for nothing ; though some eat them for 

 good fish. 



Old wives. These are a bright scaly fish, which 

 frequents the swamps and fresh runs. They seem 

 to be between an English roach and a bream, and 

 eat much like the latter. The Indians kill abun- 

 dance of these, and barbecue them till they are a 

 crisp, then transport them in wooden hurdles, to 

 their towns and quarters. 



The fountain fish are a white sort which breed 

 in the clear running springs and fountains of wa- 

 ter, where the clearness thereof makes them very 

 difficult to be taken. I cannot say how good they 

 are, because I have not as yet tasted of them. 



The white fish are very large. Some being two 

 feet and a half long and more. They are found 

 a great way up in the freshes of the rivers ; and 

 are firm meat, and an extraordinary well relished 

 fish. 



Barbouts and millers thumbs, are the very same 

 here in all respects, as they are in England. "What 



