264 



M A C K R E L. 



Class IV, 



XXIX. 



MACKREL. 



Seven branchioftegous rays. 

 Several fmall fins between the dorfal fin an4 

 the tail. 



132. COM- 

 MON> 



SxO/uCfo^ Arijl. Hiji. an. Lib. 



VI. c. 17. IX. c. 2. Athe- 



naus. Lib, III. 121. Mil. 



321. Oppian Halieut.l. 142. 

 Scomber. Orvid Halieut. 94. 



/'//«//Z./^.IX. r.i5.XXXI. 



c. 8. 

 Macarello, Scombro. Sal'vian. 



241 *. 

 Le Macreau. Belottf 197. 

 Scomber. Rondel. 2$^. Gef- 



ner pifc. 841. (pro 861.) 



Makerel. Schone'velde, 66. 

 Mackrell, or Macarel. Wil. 



Icth. 181. Rail fyn. pifc. 58. 

 Scomber pinnulis quinque ii^ 



extreme dorfo, polyptery- 



gio, aculeo brevi ad anum. 



Arted. fynon. 48. 

 Scomber Scomber. Lin. fyjl. 



492. Grono'v. Zooph. No. 



304- 

 Mackrill. Faun. Suec. No. 



339» 



Oarum. 



THE mackrel is a fummerfifh of paflage that 

 vifits our fhores in vaft fiioals. It is lefs 

 ufeful than other fpecies of gregarious fifh, being 

 very tender, and unfit for carriage ; not but that 

 it may be preferved by pickling and faking, a 

 method, we believe, pradifed only in Cornwall -f^ 

 vvhere it proves a great relief to the poor during 

 winter. 



Ic was a fifh greatly efteemed by the Romans^ 



* This is the firfl opportunity we have had of looking 

 into Sal'vianus, whofe Italian fynonyms we make ufe of. 

 f Borlafe Corn<walIy 269. 



becaufe 



