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The flesh of the thunny varies in every place. 



bounds of calculation. Its flesh varies incredi- 

 bly, differing almost in every place and in every 

 depth; sometimes it is firm and sometimes flabby; 

 in some places it resembles veal, and in others 

 pork. When taken in May they are full of 

 spawn, and are then esteemed unwholesome, as 

 being apt to occasion headaches and vapors : to 

 prevent in some measure these bad effects, the 

 natives fry them in oil, and afterwards salt them. 

 The pieces, when fresh, appear exactly like raw 

 beef; but when boiled they turn pale, and have 

 somewhat the flavor of salmon. The most deli- 

 cate parts are those about the muzzle. What 

 the inhabitants are not able to use immediately 

 are cut into slices, salted, and preserved in large 

 tubs, either for sale or winter provisions. 



PERCH. 



THE body of this fish, which was highly es- 

 teemed by the Romans, and still admired as firm 

 and delicate, is deep, the scales very rough, the 

 back much arched, and the side line approaches 

 near to it; the irides are golden, the teeth small, 

 disposed in the jaws and on the roof of the 

 mouth, which is large; the edges of tke coven 

 of the gills serrated, on the lower end of the 

 largest in a sharp spine ; and the head is said to 

 consist of no fewer than eighty bones. The 

 corn's of the perch are beautiful, the back ami 



