ON THE USE OF THE SUCKINO-FISH FOR 

 CATCHING FISH AND TUETLES: STUDIES 

 IN ECHENETS OR REMORA, 11. 



II 



In 1507, there was published at Venice by Franconzio 

 another collection of travels, entitled '^Paesi Nouamente 

 Retrouati Et Nous Mondo da Alberico Vesputio Floren- 

 tine Intitulato" [Countries Newly Found and the New 

 World of Albericus Yesputius Called the Florentine]. 

 Chapters LXXXIIII to CXIIII faithfully reproduce the 

 Libretto of 1504, are in fact a second edition of the Li- 

 bretto, and need not detain us.^^ 



All this however simply pushes the question back one 

 stc]) t'lirthei- and it }\o\v becomes ''What or who is the 

 soiiicc ol Peter Mni tvr's information?" The answer is 

 these souives nre identical with those for the "Life 

 ..r t'hristoi.lier (',.lnnil)ns"bvhis son Ferdinand, for Las 

 ( liiMoiN ot th. Wm [imIi.-, .m.l for Bernaldez's 



••iu'ves ( ;it;ili('()<." In ndditH)!! \)v. Mastman has skil- 

 lnll\- worked out eei'tnin mtei'iial evnlenee which points 

 (lireelly to the one ])erso]i who g-ave to Peter Martyr the 

 data incorporated in Chay)ter XV of the Libretto. 



Let us first of all consider the account which Ferdi- 

 n.uid -ives of th(> fishennan-n-li ineid, nt. ^^]mh soenis to 



