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the livers of Scari from another * ; and Oyfters even 

 from fo remote a fpot as our Sayvdwich -f : but there 

 was, and is a fafhion in the article of good 

 living. The Romans feem to have defpifed the 

 trout, the piper, and the doree; and we believe 

 Mr. §uin himfelf would have refigned the rich 

 paps of a pregnant fowj, the heels of camels §, 

 and the tongues of Flamingos [j , though drefTed 

 by Heltogahalus\ cooks, for a good jowl of falmon 

 with lobiler fauce. 



When Aufonius fpeaks of this fifh, he makes 

 no euloge on its goodnefs, but celebrates it only 

 for its beauty. 



Purpuret/que Salar J?ellaf us Tergore guttis. 

 With purple fpots the ScJa-r^s back is lUined. 



Thefe marks point out the fpecies he intended : 

 what he meant by his Fario is not fo eafy to de- 

 termine : whether any fpecies of trout, of a fize be- 

 tween the falar and the falmon -, or whether the 

 falmon itfelf, at a certain age, is not very evideni:. 



^ Suetonius J ^jita Vitellii. 



t Ju-oenal Saf. IV. 141. 



X Martialy Lib. XIII. Epig. 44. 



§ Lamprid, <vit. Heliogab. 



il Martial, Lib, XII. Epig, 71. 



