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Wherever the Water of the River is fait, that is to fay, from 

 r./7 7.7 Cape Tgnnent to the Gulf, one may take al- 



taiîh^ the Gulf. "^"^^ ^''^ ^'^^^ 1^^^ 



^nTlllver ^of St Tunny, Shad, Trout, Lamprey, Smelts, 



Laurence* * Conger Eels, Mackerel, Seals, Herrings, An- 

 chovies, Pilchards, Turbots, and many o- 

 thers that are not knovv^n in Europe. They are all taken with a 

 Sein, or other Nets. In the Gulf they take Hallibuts, three 

 Sorts of Thornbacks, the common, the curled Sort, which they 

 fay is better than in France^ and another Sort that is not elleem- 

 ed; LencornetSy a Kind of Cuttle Fifh, St. Peier^s Fifh, Requiems^ 

 Sea Dogs, a Kind of Requiems much lefs mifchievous whilH 

 alive, and beyond Companion better when dead, than the com- 

 mon Sort. Oyfters are very plenty in Winter on the Coafts of 

 Aaciduy and the Manner of iiihing for them is fomething fmgu- 

 lar. They make a Hole in the Ice, and they thrud in two Poles 

 together in fuch a Manner, that they have the EiFed of a Pair 

 of Pinchers, and they feldom draw them up without an Oyfter. 

 The Lencornet is, as I have faid, a Kind of Cuttle Fifh, but how- 

 ever, it is very different from the common Cuttle Fifh. It is quite 

 round, or rather oval; at the End of its Tail is a Sort of Ledge, 

 which makes him a Kind of Shield, and his Head is furrounded 

 with Barbs half a Foot long, which he makes Ufe of to catch 

 other Fifh. There are two Kinds, which differ only in Bignefs; 

 the fmaller Sort is about a Foot long. They take few but of 

 the lafl Sort, and thofe by the Light of a Flambeau : They love 

 the Light much, they fhev/ it them on the Shore v/hen the Tide 

 is at Height, but juft upon burning, they approach it, and fo are 

 left aground. The Lencornet roafled, boiled, or fricafleed, is very 

 good eating, but makes the Sauce quite black. 



The St. Peter's Fifh is like a fmall Cod, has the fame Talle, 

 Of St Peter's dried alfo like that. It has two black 



Ft//' Of th Sal ^P^^^ Sides of its Head, and the Sai- 



^•^ 'rr- ^ f ^ lors fay, this is the Fifh in which St. Peter 

 ?non^i rout, ana the r Jii-n- ttv/t * ^x, - 



Turtle &c round the Piece or Money to pay the Tri- 



^' ' ^* bute to the Roman Emperor, for our Lord and 



himfelf ; and that its two Spots are the two Places by which 

 he took hold of it: For this Reafon they call it St. Peter's Fifh. 

 The Sea Plaice is firmer and better than the River Plaice. 

 They catch them as well as Lobfl:ers with long Sticks armed 

 with a fharp Iron, which is notched to prevent the Efcape 

 of the Fifh. In fhort, in many Places, efpecially to- 

 wards Acadia^ the Ponds are full of Salmon Trouts, and Tur- 

 tles two Feet in Diameter, the Flefh of v/hich is excellent, and 

 the Top Shell (Ireaked with white, red, and blue. 



Among 



