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lhave here to continue my account oF fuch things 

 as are peculiar to this country. 1 left off at the ar- 

 ticle of the benefit which the gulph and river of St. 

 Lawrence are capable of furnilhing with refpecl to 

 the commerce of New France. It remains to treat 

 ef the refources the inhabitants may End for the 

 fupport of life in thefe parts. 



In all parts where the water of the river is fait, 

 that is from cape T'ourmente to the gulf, may be 

 caught fuch filhes as are found in the ocean ; fuch 

 as the falmon, tunny, mad fifh, fmelt, fea-eels, 

 mackerel, trout, lamprey, fole, herring, anchovy, 

 pilchard, turbot, and many others, unknown in 

 Europe. They are all caught with nets of different 

 forms. In the gulph are caught thrafhers, three 

 forts of Rayes ; the common, that called Bouclee, 

 and which is by fome preferred to ours in France ; 

 and the fort termed le Pofieau, not efteemed ; len- 

 cornets, a kind of cuttle-fiih ; Gobergues, or St. 

 Peter- fifh ; plaife, requiems, fea-dogs, another fort 

 of requiem not fo mifchievous when alive, and bet- 

 ter beyond comparifon when dead. Oifters are ex- 

 tremely plenty in winter, on all the coafts of Aca- 

 dia, and their way of fifhing them is very fingular. 

 They make a hoJe in the ice, through which they 

 put two poles tied together, fo as to play like pin- 

 cers, and rarely draw them up without an outer. 



I faid the lencornet was a find of cuttle- fifh, its 

 figure is, however, very different from the com- 

 mon fort of them. It is quite round, or rather 

 oval \ it has above the tail, a fort of border, which 

 ferves it inftead of a target, and its head is fur- 

 rounded with prickles half a foot long, which he 

 ufes to catch other filhes ; there are two forts of 

 them which differ only in fize ; fome are as large as 

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