^ o MifcelUnea Ctmofa, Vol. Ill, 



after Wowing very hard at North by Eaflr* 

 And afterwards arriving at Conftantimple^ 

 the Wind blowing a ftifF Gale at North, I 

 obferved with a pleafing kind of aflonifh- 

 ment good part of the Profontis^ that is, 

 from the Seraglio Point toward the Iflands, 

 which lye againft the Bay of Nicomedia^ Eaft^ 

 ward and South-Eaft from us, as far as we^ 

 could fee, covered as it were with Por^ 

 pifcesy which appeared every where in great 

 abundance. So that I am very apt to be- 

 lieve that Julius Solinm in Chap. 12. of his 

 Polyhfier is to be underftood of Porpifces^ 

 ana not of Dolphins^ now properly fo cal- 

 led , though that be his Word , fpeaking 

 of the Bofphorm and Propontis : H<zc profun-- 

 da Delphinas plurimos hahent : and foon af- 

 ter , ante omnia nihil velocius hahent ma-^ 

 ria\ fie ut plerunque tranfvolent vela navium, 

 I could not hear that any Dolphins are 

 caught in thofe Seas by the Greeksj whofe 

 Poverty, added to the love which their Na- 

 tion has for Filh, and the advantage ari- 

 ling thence, upon the account of their Ib- 

 lemn Fafts and Abftinences from all Flelh, 

 even to a wonderful ftriclnefs and fcrupu- 

 loiity, has made them excellent Fiihermen; 

 nor did I ever fee any in their Fifh-Mar- 

 kets, or fee one of them brought to the . 

 Ambaflador's Table by the Providetor for 

 curiofity : Though otherwife it is an ex- 

 cellently well tafted Fifli, efpecially when 

 foufed. I allow, that they will fwitn very 

 fwiftly, as do the Porpifces j and that they 

 will follow a Ship for feveral Leagues toge- 

 ther : but then they Swim fomevvhat deep 



