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CHAPTER VI. 



PISHEEIES, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC. 



Fisheries — The most esteemed fish — Their brilliant colours — 

 Peculiar fashion of baiting a hook-^A "full bait" — The 

 fisherman taking it easy — The goat-fish — The doctor-fish, and 

 their curious glassy lancets — The soap-fish, &c. — Description 

 of Bermuda — The group of islands — Their calcareous forma- 

 tion — Subterranean channels — Oval form of the group — ^Eight 

 " tribes " — The town of Hamilton and its general aspect — The 

 shops — The houses in the suburbs — The semi-circular suburb — 

 Mount Langton — Flag-staff — The pubKo buildings. 



Theek is no part of the globe in which a greater 

 variety and excellence of fish abound, than in the 

 waters bordering on the shores of Bermuda, among 

 the most delicate of which, we may mention a few, 

 such as angel-fish, chub, grouper, rock-fish, &c.j 

 These are considered by connoisseurs to be the 

 most esteemed fish for the table. The most common 

 descriptions are the snappers, yellowtails, hinds, the 

 grunts and the squirrels (species of Scianidw), 

 Many of these are of brilliant colours. The yeUow- 

 tail {Mesoprion chrysurus), for example, is pale azure 



