|n great numbers along the pallifade, go in to the 

 nets, which lead them into the prilbns prepared for 

 them, fo that all the boxes are often filled in the 

 fpace of one tide. 



Thefe eels are larger than ours, and yield a great 

 deal of oil. I have already obferved that with what- 

 ever fauce they "are dreffed, they ftill retain a difa^ 

 greeable relifh, to which people cannot eafily accuf- 

 tom themfelves. This perhaps is the fault of our 

 cooks. All their bones terminate in a point fome- 

 what crooked, which I do net remember to have 

 feen in thofe of France. 1 he beft method of pre- 

 paring this fifh, is to hang them up in a chimney, 

 and furTer them to fry (lowly in their fkins, which 

 come off of themfelves, and all the oil runs out. 

 As great quantities of them are taken during the 

 time this fifhery lafts, they are faked and barreled 

 up like herrings. 



The other article I mentioned, is a fort of wood- 

 pigeon, which ufed to come hither in the months 

 of May and June, as was faid, in fuch numbers as 

 to darken the air, but the cafe is different at prefenf. 

 Nevcrtheiefs, a very great number ftill come to reft 

 themfelves upon the trees, even in the neighbour- 

 hood of the towns. They are commonly called 

 turtle s, and differ from the wood and other pigeons 

 in Europe, fufliciently to conftitute a fourth fpecies. 

 They are fmaller than our largeft pigeons, and have 

 the fame eyes and changing fhadows upon their 

 necks. Their plumage is a dark brown, excepting 

 their wings, in which there are fome feathers of a 

 very fine blue. 



Theft birds may be faid to feek only an opportu- 

 nity of being killed, fpr if there is a naked branch 



upon 



