426 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 



Thomson. — New England's Crisis : by Benjamin Thompson, about 1676. 

 (The Prologue commences thus:) — 



The times wherein old Pompion was a saint, 



When men far'd hardly, yet without complaint, 



On vilest Gates, the dainty Indian maize 



Was eat with Clamp Shells, out of wooden Trayes, &c. 



Wood. — New England's Prospect ; a true, lively, and experimental de- 

 scription of that part of America commonly called New England ; dis- 

 covering the State of that Country, both as it stands to our new-come 

 English Planters, and to the Native Inhabitants. Laying down that 

 which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling Reader, 

 or benefit the future Voyager : by William Wood. London : Printed by 

 John Dawson, and to be sold by John Bellamy, at his Shop, at the three 

 Golden Lyons in Cornhill, neere the Royall Exchange. 1639. 



[Chapter ix. treats of Fish, giving interesting accounts of the habits and collecting of 

 Oysters, Clams, &c., on p. 29, 30, 31. On page 28 occurs the following :— W. G. B.] 



KINDS OP SHELL-FISH. 



The luscious Lobster, with the Crab-fish raw, 

 The Brinish Oyster, Muscle, Periwigge, 

 And tortoise sought by the Indian's Squaw, 

 Which to the flatts dance many a winter's Jigge, 

 To dive for Cockles, and to digge for Clams, 

 Whereby her lazie husband's guts she cramms. 



[This valuable work was reprinted at " Boston, New England, by Thomas and John 

 Fleet, in Cornhill ; and Green and Eussell, in Queen-Street, 1764," as a third edition. The 

 above lines are on p. 38 of the reprint. — W. G. B.] 



lia Homtan. — New Voyages to North America, containing an account 

 of the several Nations of that vast Continent, &c., written in French by 

 the Baron Lahontan, &c. Done into English. Second edition. London, 

 1735, vol. i. 



[This is an English translation of a work the second edition of which was published at 

 " La Haye, 1706," the Shells being noticed in vol. ii. pp. 54 and 56. — W. G. B.] 



Page. 



243' THE SHELL FISH. 



Little Lobsters. 

 Crab Fish. 

 Cockles. 

 Muscles. 



