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the hook, but the Indians sometimes decoy it to 

 the surface of the water, by means of the seeds 

 of the crabwood tree, and shoot it with an arrow, 

 which has hardly left the bow, when the Indian 

 plunges into the water after the fish, which is 

 struggling with the arrow. The Indians seldom 

 missed the fish aimed at. 



Watterton's Wanderings in South America. 



Palmide. This fish resembles veal when roast- 

 ed. It is only to be seen at table roasted in slices, 

 and is considered very good. Sketches of Corfu. 



PRENADILLA. 



A small delicious fish, in the lake of Cuicocha, 

 in the kingdom of Quitto, about an inch long, 

 and destitute of scales ; the prenadillas are 

 caught and pickled for exportation, from which 

 trade the Indians derive great gains. This fish, 

 a species of boguilla, is perhaps the cuitlapeth of 

 Hernandez. Thompson's Alcedo. 



Sailing Fish. There is at Singapore a fish, 

 called by the natives ikan-layer, of about ten or 

 twelve feet in length, which hoists a mainsail, and 

 often sails very swiftly, in the manner of a native 

 boat. The sails are formed from the dorsal fins. 



Mirror, vol. xxv. 



