Class IV. PILCHARD. 34S 



Herring; the Italians^ Macaroni-, the French^ 

 Jean Pottage; the Germans^ Hans Wurst*; 

 and we dignify him with the title of Jack Pud- 



ding. 



Pilchard. Puller* s Brit. Wor- 223. Raii fyn, pifc. 104. 161. PiL= 



thiesy 194. Clupea 5". Arted.fynon. 16. chard. 



Peltzer. SchoJte'velde, 40. Pilchard. Borlafe Corn^alU 

 The Pilchard. WiU Icth. 272. 



^T^HE pilchard appears in vaft fiioals off the 

 -** CorniJJj coafts about the middle of July^ dif- 

 appearing the beginning of winter, yet fometimes a 

 few return again after Chrifimas, Their winter re- 

 treat is the fame with that of the herring, and their 

 motives for migradng the fame. They affe6b, du- 

 ring fummer, a warmer lautude, for they are not 

 found in any quaatities on any of our coafts except 

 thofe of Cornwall, that is to fay, from Fowey har- 

 bor to the Scilly ifles, between which places the 

 fhoals keep fhifting for fome weeks. 



The approach of the pilchard is known by much 

 the fame figns as thofe that indicate the arrival of 

 the herring. Perfons, called in Cornwall Huers^ 

 are placed on the cliffs, to point to the boats fta- 

 tioned off the land the courfe of the fifh. By the 

 ift of James I. c. 23, fifhermen are empowered to 



* That isj Jack Saufage. 



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