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the* upper parts of the rivers, where 

 they are very plenty. 



The Fifli called a Peri by the Indians 

 and White Inhabitants, is about eigh- 

 teen inches in length, and three in 

 breadth, being flattifh, and covered with 

 thin fliining fcales. It has a fin on each 

 fide of the belly, a little below the 

 head, and a fingle fin on its back, and 

 another at the end of its tail. The head 

 k bro&d, and the mouth large, and fet 

 with long fharp teeth. This is likewife 

 a frefh- water fifh, and frequents the 

 fmall creeks and Chores in queft of food. 

 It is extremely voracious, and bites e-* 

 Very thing which hangs in the water. 

 The feet of ducks fwimming in the 

 creeks are frequently amputated; as 

 have been the breafts of women, and 

 the privities of men fwimming in the 

 rivers : for this reafon, the White In- 

 habitants never bathe themfelves in the 



upper 



