288 A. EK. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 700 
it should seeme that our fiers, which wee maintained on the shoares 
side drave them from us,* so as wee were in some want, untill wee 
had made a flat bottome Gundall of Cedar, with which wee put off 
farther into the Sea, and then daily hooked great store of many 
kindes, as excellent Angell-fish,t Salmon Peale [not identified], 
Bonetas, Stingray, Cabally, Senappers, Hogge-fish (Lachnolaimus), 
Sharkes, Dogge-fish, Pilchards, Mullets, and Rock-fish, of which bee 
divers kindes: and of these our Governour dryed and salted, and 
barrelling them up, brought to sea five hundred, for be had pro- 
cured Salt to bee made with some Brine, which happily was pre- 
served, and once having made a little quantity, he kept three or 
foure pots boyling, and two or three men attending nothing else in 
an house (some little distance from his Bay) set up on purpose for 
the same worke. 
Figure 52.—Green Angel-fish. 
Likewise in Furbushers building Bay wee had a large Sein, or 
Tramell Net, which our Governour caused to be made of the Deere 
Toyles, which wee were to carry to Virginia, by drawing the Masts 
more straight and narrow with Roape Yarne, and which reached 
from one side of the Dock to the other: with which (I may boldly 
say) wee have taken five thousand of small and great fish at one 
hale. As Pilchards,}| Breames, Mullets, Rocke-fish, &c., and other 
kindes for which wee have no names. ... True it is, for Fish in 
everie Cove and Creeke wee found Snaules, and Skulles in that 
abundance, as (I thinke) no Iland in the world may have greater 
store or better Fish.” 
The following is from Goy. Moore’s description, 1612: 
“With a hooke and line wee tooke more then our whole company 
was able to eate. So that there was enough to feed many more. 
* This was more likely due to the constant fishing carried on at that time. 
+ The Green Angel-fish (Angelichthys ciliaris) is still common and highly 
- esteemed as a food fish. 
{ This was probably the Harengula macrophthalma Ran., still called pilchard 
here, and often seined in large numbers in the spring. 
