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Mr; WAFERS T)efcription 



Of the FISH. 



Sca-Fifli. r V y H E North-Sea Coaft, as I intimated, abounds 

 jL in Fifh, and has great Variety of them. Thole 

 which I have had the Opportunity of feeing, are 

 chiefly thefe : 



Tarpom. The Tarjom^ which is a large and firm Fifh, eat- 

 ing in Flakes like Salmon or Cod. They are fome 

 of 50 or 60 Pound weight and upwards. One of 

 them afforded a good Dinner once to about 10 of 

 us, as we were cruifing towards the Coaft of Carta- 

 gene ; befide a good Quantity of Oil we got out of 

 the Fat. 



$har\$- Sharks are alfo found in thefe Seas ; tho* not fo 

 commonly about the Satnballoes^ as on other of the 

 Weft -India Coaft s. 



There is a Fifli there like the Shark, but much 

 fmaller and fweeter Meat. Its Mouth is alfo longer 

 and narrower than the Shark's ; neither has he more 

 than one Row of Teeth. Our Seamen us'd to 



Dog- fid), call this the Dcg-fi/h. 



Cavally. The Cavally is found among the Samballoes. 'Tis 

 a fmall Fifh, clean, long and flender, much about 

 the Size of a Mackarel ; a very fine lively Fifh, 

 with a bright large Eye > and 'tis very good Meat, 

 moift and well-tafted. 



p!d~wives Old-wives, which is a flat Kind of Fifh, and good 

 Meat, are there alfo. 



Taracccds. They have Paracoods alfo, which are a long and 

 round Fifh, about as large as a well-grown Pike, 

 but ufually much longer. They are generally very 

 good Meat ; and here efpecially : But there are 

 fome particular Banks off at Sea, where you can 

 take no Paracoods but what are poifonous. Whe- 

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