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A M E<Kl C A. 



Chap. IL 



The %in$ of Waters, the Sea fluttering Whale, 

 Thefnuffing Grampus, with the Oily Seale, 

 Tbe.ftortn pref aging for pus, Herring-Hog, 

 line-paring Shark, the Cttfijh, and SeaVog, 

 The Scale-fencd Sturgeon, n>ry -mouth' d Hollibut, 

 Theflounfing Salmon, Co dfifh, Greedigut : 

 Cole, Haddock,Hage, the Thrnback,and the Scale, 

 Wbofe (limy out fide makes him /eld in date, 

 Theftately <BaJ? 9 old Neptune's fleeting Tojl, 

 That Tides it out and in from Sea to Coafl. 

 Conforming Herrings, and the bonny Shad, 

 frig-belly d AlewiVes, Mackrills richly clad 



With QUainboT* colours, Froftfijh and the Smelt, 

 Js good as ever Lady Guftus felt. 

 The fyotted Lamprons, Eels, the Lamperies, 

 That feekfrejh Water-Brooks with Argus Eyes, 

 Thefe watery Villagers, with thoufands more, 

 T>o pafs and repafs near the Verdant Shore. 



Kinds of Shell-fifli. 

 T?;e lufcious Lobfler, with the (rah fish raw, 

 The brinish Oyfter, Mufcle, Teriwigge, 

 AndTortoife fought for by the Indian Sqaw, 

 Which to the Flats dance many a Winters Jigge, 

 To dive for Codes, and to dig for CLams, 

 Whereby her lazje Husbands guts she crams. 



t The S<*t. 



the Shirk.. 



llclMlitm. 



The Btfli, 



Ant'tvy. 



€l*mms ot 

 Cfomps, 



To fpeak of the moft unufual of thefe forts of Fifli ; Firft the Seal, which is 

 call'd the Sea-Calf, his Skin is good for divers ufes, his Body being between Fleffi 

 and Fifli, it is not very delegable to the Palate, or congruent with the Stomack . 

 his Oil is' very good to burn in Lamps, of which he affords a great deal. 



The Shark is a kind of Fifli as big as a Man , fome as big as a Horfe, with three 

 rows of Teeth within his Mouth, with which he fnaps afunder the Fifliermans 

 Lines if he be not very circumfped : This Fifli will leap at a Mans hand if it be 

 over board, and with his Teeth fnap off a Mans Leg or Hand if he be Swimming-, 

 thele are often taken, being good for nothing but Manuring of Land. 



The Hollibut isnot much unlike a Pleaceor Turbut, fome being two yards long, 

 and one wide, a Foot thick ; the plenty of better Fifli makes thefe of little efteem, 

 except the Head and Finns, which Stcw'd or Bak'd is very good j thefe Hollibuts be 

 little fet by while Baffe is in feafon. 



The <Baffe is one of the belt Fiflies in theCountrey , and though Men are foon 

 weary'd with other Fifli, yet are they never with Baffe ■, it is a delicate, fine, fat, fall 

 Fifli, having a Eone in hij Head which contains a Sawcerful of Marrow, fweet 

 and good, pleafant to the Palate, and wholfom to the Stomack : When there be 

 great ftore of tVm, we only eat the Heads , and Salt up the Bodies for Winter, 

 which exceeds Ling or Haberdine : Of thefe Fiflies fome are three, and fane four 

 Foot long, fome bigger, fome leffer ; at fome Tides a Man may catch a dozen or 

 twenty of'thefe in three hours; the way to catch them is with Hook anc Line : 

 The Fiflierman taking a great Cod-line, to which he fafteneth a piece of Iobfter, 

 throws it into the Sea, the Fifli biting at it , he pulls her to him, and knotks her 



on the head with a Stick. 



Jlewi-ves are a kind of Fifli which is much like a Herring, which in the lat.r end 

 oMpril come up to the frefli Rivers to Spawn, in fuch multitudes as is aimed in. 

 credible, prefling up in fuch fliallow Waters as will fcarce permit them to Svim, 

 having likewife fuch longing defire after the frefli Water Ponds, that no beaings 

 with Poles, or forcive agitations by other devices, will caufe them to return u tha^ 

 Sea, till they have caft their Spawn. 



Clamtns or Clamps, are a ShelUfifli not much unlike a Cockle, they lie under the 

 Sand and have every one of them a round hole to take Air, and receive Va- 

 ter at. When the Tide ebbs and flows, a Man running over thzCe Clamm banks will 

 prefently be made all wet, by their fpouting of Water out of thofe fmall hole: 

 Thefe Fiflies are in great plenty in moft places of the Countrey, which is a gre t 

 Commodity for the feeding of Swine, both in Winter and Summer - for bcin', 



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