9 8 Mr. W A F E K's Vefcription 



Of the FISH. 



%a~Fifii e T^HE North-Sea Coaft, as I intimated, 

 JL abounds in Fiflx, and has great Va- 

 riety of them. Thofe which I have had 

 the opportunity of feeing 5 are chiefly 

 thefe : 



Tarpom. The Tarpom, which is a large and firm 

 Filh, eating in Flakes like Salmon or Cod. 

 They are fome of fifty or fixty Pound 

 weight and upwards. One of them afford- 

 ed a good Dinner once to about ten of 

 tt% as we were cruifing towards the Coaft of 

 Cartdgene $ befide a good quantity of Oil 

 we got out of the Fat. 



Sharif. Sharks are alfo found in thefe Seas • tho" 

 not fo commonly about the Sambal!oes y 

 as on other of the WeSf -India Coaftsv 



There is a Fifh there like the Shark, hut 

 much fmaller and fleeter Meat. Its Mouth 

 is alfo longer and nafroWer than the 

 Sharks 5 neither has he more than one Row 

 of Teeth. Our Seamen us 3 d to call this the 



Dog-fifh. Ddgvfifh. 



Cdxkiy. The Cavally is found among the SdmbaU 

 Iocs. Tis a fmall Fiflx, clean, long and 



flender 



