ABUNDANCE OF FISH ON NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



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Birds are these, viz., above 25 severall kinds: 



1. 



Eagles. 



11. 



Swan nes. 



2. 



Hawkes, of six or severall 



12. 



Cranes. 





kinds. 



13. 



Hemes. 



3. 



Parteridges, many. 



14. 



Geese. 



4. 



Wilde Turkies, some weighing 



15. 



Brants. > 





sixtie pound weight. 



16. 



Ducks. 



5; 



Red Birds, that sing rarely. 



17. 



Widgeons 



6. 



Nightingales. 



18. 



Dottrells. 



7. 



Blue Birds, smaller than a 



19. 



Oxeyes. 





Wren. 



20. 



Parrots. 



8. 



Black Birds. 



21. 



Pidgeons. 



9. 



0. 



Thrushes. 

 Heath Cocks. 



22. 



Owles. 



Many more that have no English Names ; for one called the Mock- 

 bird, that counterfeits all other severall Birds cryes and tunes. 

 Eish are in these, in their kind, above Thirty sorts. 



1. Codde. • 



16. 



White Salmon. 





2. Basse. 



17. 



Soles. 





3. Drummes, six foot long. 



18. 



Herring. 





4. Sheepshead, this Fish makes 



19. 



Conny-fish. 





broath so likeMutton-broath 



20. 



Roeke-fish. 





that the difference is hardly 



21. 



Lampres. 





known. 



22. 



Cray-fish. 





5. Conger. 



23*. 



Shads. 





6. Eeles. 



24. 



Perch. 





7. Trouts. 



25. 



Crabbs. 





8. Mullets. 



26. 



Shrimps. 





9. Plaice. 



27. 



Crecy-fish. 





10. Grampus. 



28. 



Oysters. 





11. Porpus. 



29. 



Cockles. 





12. Scates. 



30. 



Mussels. 





13. Sturgeons, of 10 foot long. 



31. 



St. George Eish. 





14. Stingraes. 



32. 



Toad-Eish. 





15. Brets, 









Trees, above 20 kinds, and man} 7 i 



10 E 



lglish names. 





1. Okes, red & white Wood. 



9. 



Plum Trees of many 1 



rinds 



2. Ashe. 



10. 



The Puchamiue Tree. 





3. Wallnut, two kinds. 



11. 



The Laurell. 





4. Elines. 



12. 



Cherries. 





5. Ceader. 



13. 



Crahes. 





6. Cypres, three fathornes about. 



14. 



Vines. 





7. Mulbery Trees, great & good. 



15. 



Sassafras. 





8. Chesnut Trees. 









Eruits they have, Strawberies, Gooseberies, Raspices, Maracokos, 

 Puchamines, Muskmillions, Pumpkins ; And for Fruits brought thither 

 & planted, Aples, Peares, Quinces, Apricoks, Peaches; & many more 

 kindes excellent good, &c. Pp. 15-18. 



