A HARD-WORKING DIET. 395 



were bought, as would appear to be the case in War- 

 wickshire, both porpoise and conger must have been 

 salted. 



The earliest date at which pike (Lupi aqudtici) are Pike, 

 quoted is 1277, Lambwaith (probably the present 

 Lambeth). Two years after they are found three suc- 

 cessive years at the same place, and called " pikerell." 

 They were also taken at Cherwell, Gosford, and at 

 Oxford. With one exception (Cambridge, 1342) all 

 other pike were taken from the lower portion of the 

 Cherwell, and probably in medieval times these pike 

 had as great a reputation as they bear now. 



There are few entries of oysters. But the rate of Oysters, 

 those taken at Thorney in Sussex is uniform half- 

 penny the hundred. And at Sharpness in Kent yd. 

 the bushel. Mussels are also quoted from this place 

 at $d. the bushel. 



5. DATE 1401 to 1582. 



A HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AND PRICES IN 

 ENGLAND.' Rogers. 



Gives average prices of fish for the last fifty years Prices A. D. 

 of the fourteerich century : 



The first column is the average between the years 



