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stick a great many of tliem down in the bottom of 

 the water, thus baited, in the small brooks and 

 runs, which the crawfish frequent. Thus the In- 

 dians sit by and tend those baited sticks, every 

 now and then taking them up to see how many 

 are at the bait ; where they generally find abun- 

 dance, so take them oli' and put them in a basket 

 for the purpose, and stick the reeds down again. 

 By this method, they will, in a little time, catch 

 several bushels, which are as good as any I ever 

 eat. Those Indians that frequent the salt waters, 

 take abundance of fish, some very large and of 

 several sorts, which to preserve, they first barba- 

 cue, then pull the fish to pieces, so dry it in the 

 sun, whereby it keeps for transportation ; as for 

 scate, oysters, cockles, and several sorts of shell 

 fish, they open and dry them upon hurdles, hav- 

 ing a constant fire under them. The hurdles are 

 made of reeds or canes in the shape of a gridiron. 

 Thus they dry several bushels of these fish and 

 keep them for their necessities. 



At the time when they are on the salts, and sea 

 coasts, they have another fishery, that is for a lit- 

 tle shell fish, which those in England call Black- 

 moors teeth. These they catch by tying bits of 

 oysters to a long string, which they lay in such 

 places, as they know, those shell fish haunt. These 

 fish get hold of the oysters, and suck them in, so 

 that they pull up those long strings, and take 

 great quantities of them, which they carry a great 

 way into the main land, to trade with the remote 



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