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nmi-kct has Ixcn the ^v(>ric fupphcd, as 

 the prime fiOi, caught by the fifhermcn 

 in its vicinity, Iv.ivc hccn contrnded for, 

 hy dealers, for that of Bath. And fomc 

 riiarc of tlu' finny treafure, which thefc 

 ihores produce, is fcnt, I undcrftand, to the 

 London market. 



In a poHtical view, however, tlie Pit,- 

 ciiARD FISHERY of Cornwall is the moll 

 worthy of attention. In fome feafons, 

 the quantities that are faid to be caught arc 

 almoil incredible ; employing many vcflels 

 and men in taking and curing them ; and 

 affording an article of foreign traffic, of no 

 mean conlideration. 



The produce of the rivers of the Dillrie'"! 

 is chiefly Salmon : which refort to them, 

 in great abundance ; though not in fuch 

 numbers, as they do to fomc of the rivers, 

 in the Northern parts of the Illand. 



There is a remarkable circumftance 

 regularly takes place, with refpcnft to the 

 time at which Salmon cuter the two rivers 

 — the Tamer and the Tavey. They 

 ufually begin to go up the latter, in the 

 month of February j but are not found in 

 D 2 the 



