Book X. Hand of BARBADOS, 
The StA-Horsk:. 
ae T never faw this Animal “till it was hiivel’d ahd éry'd up, 
I will not pretend to deferibe it ; any farther, than that. by its 
Trunk it feems to be a Fith which fucks in ‘it Nourifhment: 
Of Frist Warr Fisn. 
Q* this Kind we have very few intirely peculiar to the freth Water ; 
that is, which breed in it; the greateft Part being generally, 
when very young, the Inhabitants of the Sea 3 when the great Current 
of our Land-Floods breaks thro’ the Banks of our ftefh Water Peiids, 
_ caufing by this Means a Communication for fome Time with the Sea, 
feveral Sorts of young Fifh {wim from the falt into the frefh Water g 
and from thefe Ponds they are caught, and carried into others feveral, 
Miles up in the Country: 
A CAFFUM: 
T HIS is a large, fealy Fith, often weighing fifteen Pounds; ~ 
~* and meafuring about three Feet in length: ~The Head is {mall ifi 
Proportion to the reft of the Body; the under Jaw is longer than the 
upper ; its Eyes are large, incircled with a broad, golden Iris. Thé 
Back is of a dark bhie, and the Sides and Belly of a fhining Silver-Co- 
lour ; it hath one Fin upon the Back, two pot Bronchia, two under the 
Belly, and one near the. Tail, which ends forked. . ‘This Fith is gene- 
rally very poor whilft in the Sea, but foon gtows very fat in Land= 
Ponds, where they are fed with the Guts of F owls, fmall Fifth, or up- 
on Pond-Bugs, their moft natural Food in this Situation: 
The Muiier. 
, [ YHESE are of tivo Sorts, the Sea and the freth Water Mullet ; 
- the former is of a light-grey upon the Backs and Sides ; the latter 
of an iron-grey, and the Scales very rematkably divided in regular 
Rows upon their Sides and Backs: 
The Carmow-Mutter. 
HIS differs from the former by the Greatnefs of its Bulk, 
efpecially its Head, which is remarkably large and flat; thefe 
often weigh above two Pounds, being very fat and delicious Eating. 
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