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Mr. Edwin Jones, of the " G. O. Bigelow," got his vessel 

 upon the north-west reefs in very calm weather, and while 

 hard and fast lowered a boat to fish in the deep water out- 

 side the ledges. He told me he found the Amber Fish to 

 be abundant and very large, but when hooked, they were 

 always attacked by Sharks, and when the line came to the 

 surface, the head only remained. These heads indicated 

 fish of a large size. The Amber Fish is far the best of all 

 Bermudian fish for the table. 



Bream. — These fish appear in large shoals, and are much 

 sought after by the Bermudians, who frequently surround 

 them, and keep them ringed within the net till convenient 

 to carry them away. They are excellent eating, especially 

 when split open and broiled on the gridiron. 



March, 1849. — The small fish, commonly called the 

 Anchovy, immense shoals of which frequent the Bermuda 

 shores at this season of the year, is, I have every reason to 

 believe, the "Sardine"; indeed, two persons have each 

 assured me that they have captured it within the last 

 twelve months. 



June 2$tk, 1849. — The Golden Carp {Cyprinus auratus) 

 is now common in the ditches and marshy pools near the 

 town of Hamilton. It is said, and I believe correctly so, 

 that this beautiful fish was first introduced into Bermuda 

 by Mr. Dunscomb (of Paget's Parish), and the late Mr. 

 Richard Wood — the latter gentleman stocked a very 

 small artificial pond with them, near the road which leads 

 from Pembroke Church to Spanish Point ; two weeping 

 willows of large size, the one standing, the other prostrate, 



