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There is one Sort like our Roach, blackifh and Anony- 

 very bony, in length about a Foot, very fweet, meus ' 

 firm, and well tafted, ■ 



There is another Fifh in Shape like the Paracood, 

 but much fmaller, and a very good Fifh. 



There is a Fifh like our Pike or Jack for Shape ; 

 but not above 8 or 10 Inches long. His Mouth is 

 fomewhat like a Rabbit's, his Teeth a little way 

 within : His Lips are cartilaginous. 'Tis a very 

 good Fifh. 



What other Fifh their Rivers yield, I know not, 

 for I took no particular Notice even of thefe. 



But I was more obferving of the Indians manner Manner 

 of Fifhing, at which they are very expert, and ma-. of \ Fl *h- 

 nage it differently, according to the Place where lng ' 

 they fifh. In the Rivers Mouths and upon the Sea- 

 Coafts, in fandy Bays where there are no Rocks, 

 they ufe Nets, like our Drag-nets, made of Maho- 

 bark, or Silk-grafs ; which they carry out in their 

 Canoas. But in the Hill Country, where the 

 Streams are clear, and the Banks in many Places 

 Rocky, they go along the Banks up the River, 

 looking narrowly into the Water to view the Fifh. 

 When they fpy any to their Mind, they leap into 

 the Water, and wade or fwim up and down after 

 them ; and if the Fifh through Fright betake them- 

 felves into the Holes in the Banks for Shelter, as 

 they frequently do, the Indians feel them out with 

 their Hands and take them thence, as we do Chubs 

 or Craw-fi/h in our Rivers. By Night they bring 

 with them Torches of Light- wood, and with thefe 

 they fpy out the Fifh, and fo jump in, and purfue 

 them into their Holes. 



For dreffing their Fifh ; they firfl gut them, and Dreffing 

 then either boil them in an Earthen Pot, or e lfe theirFl1 ^ 

 barbecue or broil them. 



For 



