76 liefo^nglantis ftarttics. 



Afanale, 1 or Sea Cow ; but in New-England the Indians 

 have in greateft requeft, the Bafs, the Sturgeon, the .Stf/- 

 «ra, the Lamprey, the .£>/, the FroJl-fiJJi, the Lobjler and 

 the Clam. 



[3 8 ] Fourthly, Of Serpents, and Inserts, 2 



7/£<? Pond Frog. 3 



THe Pond Frog, which chirp in the Spring like Spa- 

 rows, and croke like Toads in Autumn: Some of 

 thefe when they fet upon their breeeh are a Foot high; 



he, "is a cod; but, for the use of the country, there is all manner of fish, as fol- 

 loweth : — 



"The king of waters, — the sea-shouldering Whale ; 



The snuffing Grampus, with the oily seal ; 



The storm-presaging Porpus, Herring-hog; 



Line-shearing Shark, the Cat-fish, and Sea-dog; 



The scale-fenced Sturgeon ; wry-mouthed Hollibut ; 



The flouncing Salmon, Codfish, Greedigut; 



Cole, Haddick, Hake, the Thornback, and the Scate, 



(Whose slimy outside makes him seld' in date ;) 



The stately Bass, old Neptune's fleeting post, 



That tides it out and in from sea to coast; 



Consorting Herrings, and the bony Shad; 



Big-bellied Alewives ; Mackrels richly clad 



With rainbow-colour, the Frost-fish and the Smelt, 



As good as ever Lady Gustus felt ; 



The spotted Lamprons ; Eels ; the Lamperies, 



That seek fresh-water brooks with Argus-eyes : 



These watery villagers, with thousands more, 



Do pass and repass near the verdant shore." 



1 See p. 97. 



2 The account in the Voyages (pp. 114-23) is better; and Wood's, in New- 

 England's Prospedt, chap. xi. (to which last, Josselyn was possibly indebted), far 

 better. 



3 See "the generating of these creatures," in Voyages, p. 119. "Here, like- 



