1 26 History of Nature. [Boon I X . 



Spring-time they enter into the Pontus from the great Sea, 

 in Troops ; for in no other Sea do they bring forth their 

 Young. Their Young, which accompany their Dams back 

 into the Sea in the Autumn, are called Cordylae. Afterwards 

 they begin to call them Pelamydes, 1 and Limosce, from the 

 Mud : and when they are above one Year old, they are called 

 Tunnies. These Tunnies are cut into Portions ; the Neck, 

 Belly, and the Throat being commended for Meat : but 

 only when they are fresh, and even then they will rise on a 

 Man's Stomach. The other Parts being full of good Meat, 

 are laid in Salt. They are called Melandrya, and when cut 

 in Slices, are exceedingly like to Oak Boards. The worst 

 Pieces of these are those nearest the Tail, because they are 

 not fat : the best is that which is toward the Throat: but in 

 other Fishes the Tail-piece (is in greatest request), as being 

 the most exercised. Pelamides are divided into Parcels, 

 which are named Apolecti; but when they are separated 

 into Sorts, named Cybii. 



All Kinds of Fishes grow with remarkable Rapidity to 

 their full Size, and especially in the Pontus : the Reason is, 

 because a number of Rivers bring fresh Water into it. There 

 is one called Amia, 2 which groweth so fast, that a Man may 

 perceive it from Day to Day. These Fishes, together with 

 the Tunnies and the Pelamides, enter in great Schuls into 

 the Pontus, for the sweeter Food they find there ; each 

 Company with its own Leader: and before them all, the 

 Mackerels lead the Way ; which, while they are in the 

 Water, have a Colour of Brimstone ; but out of it they are 

 like the rest. The Mackerels 3 fill the Fish-markets in Spain, 

 when the Tunnies do not find their Way into their Seas. 

 But into the Pontus there enter no Beasts that injure 

 Fishes, unless it be Seals and little Dolphins. The Tunnies 

 enter along the right Bank, and pass out by the left. And 



1 Pelamys vulgaris, CTJVIER; who says, that Cordyla is the young state 

 of the Pelarays; and Limosa only another name for it. A further 

 account of these fishes of the Tunny kind, B. xxxii. c. 1 1 . Wern. Club. 



3 Sarda vulgaris. Cuv. Wern. Club. 



3 Scomber scombrus. LINN, and Cuv. Wern. Club. 



