, 
_}to recount in their due times, and place; yet, none for food for the 
‘Table, which is the bufinefs I intend at this prefent. Other flefh-meat, 
” | with theSea, (and therefore isnot liketo be unfurnith’d’ of that pro- 
| to goto Seatotake its only fo much as they can have prefent vent | 
| for, atthe Taverns at the Bridge $ and thither the Planters come, when 
| Pupils, Butter they feldom have, “thai 
Joyle, andeaten hot ; and fome marinated, and fouc't in pickle, and 
‘eaten cold. Collonel Humphrey Walrond has the advantage of all the 
_ | of his owna Sain to catch fith withall,which his own fervants and flaves 
that had been bred with much freedom, liberty,and plenty, in England, 
with all forts of good meat the Land and Seaafforded; and as freely 
| ‘micin the world. 
| Ffhall account it'as a great happinefs, (if ever it fallin the compals of 
= of the Ifland of Barbadoes. 
but very few in the [fland did fo when I was there. 
The next to Swines-flefh in gaddnefs, are Turkies, large, fat, and 
fullof gravy. Next tothem, Pullen or Dunghill-foul : and fat ofall, 
Mufcovia-Ducks, which being larded with the fat of this Pork, (be- 
ing feafoned with pepper and falt) are an excellent bak’d-meat. All 
thefe, with their Eggs and Chickens, we eat. ; 
Turtle-Doves they have of two forts, and both vety good meat ; 
but there is 4 fort of Pidgeons, which come from the leeward Iflards 
at one time ofthe year, and it 1s in September 5 and {tay till Chriftuas 
be paft, andthen return again : But very many ofthemne’r make re- 
turns, to tell newsof the good fruit they found there : For, they are 
fo fat, and of fuch excellent taftes, as many fowlers kill them with 
guns, upen the trees; and fome of themare fo fat, astheir weight with 
the fall, caufts them to burft in pieces. They are good roafted, boyl'd, 
or bak’d, but beft cut in halves, and {tewed; to which Cookery, there 
needs no liquor, for their own gravy will abundantly {erve to ftew 
them. . 
Rabbets we have, but tame ories, and they have but faint ta{tes, more 
like aChicken than a Rabbet. 
And though they have divers other Birds, which I will not forget 
I do not remember. ital jee 
Now for fifh, though the Iflarid ftands as all Mlands do, invironed 
vifion) yet, the Planters are fo good husbands, and tend their profits 
fo much, asthey will not {pare a Negroes abfence fo long, as to go to 
the Bridge and fetch it. “And the Fi ermen feeing their fihlye upon 
their hands, and {tink (whi¢h ‘it will do inlef than fix hours) forbear 
they have a mind to feaft thenifelves with fth, to Mr. jobjous,. or 
Joan Fullers, where they have it well drefs'd 5 forthey were both my 
and {pice, and much of it fryed in 
of that, weare fain to ule vine 
Planters in the Ifland ; for, havinga Plantation nearthe Sea, he hath 
ut Out to Sea, and, twice of thrice 4 week, bring home all forts of fuch 
{mall and great fithes, as arenear the fhoar 5 among{t which, fomeare 
very large, and excellently well tafted. For, he being a Gentleman, 
could not fet his mind {0 earneftly upon his profit, as to forget his ac- 
cuftomed lawful pleafures, but would have his Table well farnifh’d, 
bid his friends welcomtoit. And I, asthe pooreft ot hisfriends, in a- 
ering ficknefS, and neardeath, found fucha charity with him, asI 
I never forget to pay my thanks for, tothe laft hour of my life; and | 
my power) to beferviceableto him or his, aSany thing that can befall 
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