Q2 FISH—CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
A half century later I find a reference in Catesby’s work.* 
Pennant, though aware of the statement made by Catesby, re- 
fuses the species a place in his List of the Fishes of North 
America,t supposing him to refer to the orca or high-finned 
killer-whale: ‘I am not certain whether Cazesby does not mean 
the high-finned Cachelot by his Swordfish ; yet as it is found in 
most seas, even to those of Ceylon (Mr. Loten), I give it a place 
here.” 
Catesby’s testimony was soon confirmed by Dr. Alexander 
Garden. This enthusiastic collector, through whose correspon- 
dence with Linnzeus so many of our southern plants and animals 
were first brought to knowledge and named, writesto John Ellis 
from. Charleston,.S.°C., March 25th, 1755: “ I havesent youem. 
of the rostrums of a fish found on the Florida coast, which I 
take to be a species of the Ziphzas rostr. apice ensiforme, pinnts ven- 
tralibus nullis.{ J have been told that they are frequently found 
on the Carolina coast, though I have never seen any of them, 
and I have been all along the coast to the Florida shore.”’§ 
Another allusion occurs in a communication by Prof. $8. L. 
Mitchill, of New York, to the American Monthly Magazine : 
‘“An individual of this species was taken off Sandy Hook, by 
means of a harpoon, on the roth of June, 1817. The next day it 
was brought to New York Market and cut up like halibut and 
sturgeon for food. The length was about twelve feet, and girth, 
by estimation, five. '* * * ‘The stomach contained sevenuan 
eight mackerel. The flesh was remarkably firm ; it was pur- 
chased at a quarter of a dollar the pound. I tasted a chop of it, 
broiled, and found it savory and excellent. It resembled the 
best sturgeon, without its strong and oily flavor. While I ate it 
Pthought of veal,cutlet. *  * * <1 have been: informew hye 
* Historia Naturalis Carolinze, etc., 1731. 
t Arctic Zoology, vol. iii., 1784, p. 364. 
{The name by which this fish was designated in the earlier editions of Linnzus’ 
writings. 
§ A selection of the correspondence of Linnzus and other naturalists, from the original 
manuscripts. By Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F. R.S., etc., president of the Linnzan 
Society. In two volumes, London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 
Paternoster Row, 1821. (Vol. i.. p. 353 ) 
