of the Iftftmiis of America. <?p 



flender, much about the fize of a Macarel .3 

 a very fine lively Fifh, with a bright large 

 Eye; and 'tis very good Meat, moift and 

 Well-tefted. ^ 



Old-wives, which is a flat kind of Fifti, oid-wivesl " 

 and good Meat, are there alfo. ^ 

 ; They have Paracoods aifq, which are a paraioods! 

 long and round Fifh, about as large as a 

 well-grown Pike, but ufually much longer. 

 They are generally very good Meat 5 and 

 here efpecially : But there are fome parti- 

 cular .Banks off at Sea, where you can take 

 tio Paracoods but what are poifonous. 

 Whether it be from fome particular Feed 

 they have there , or from what other 

 Caufe, I know not * but I have known fe- 

 veral Men poifoifd with them, to that de- 

 gree as to have their Hair and Nails come 

 off- and fome have died with eating them. 

 The Antidote for this is (aid to be the 

 Back-bone of the FMh, dried and beaten td 

 a Powder, and given in any Liquor. I 

 tan't vouch for the Succefs of tliis my felf £ , 

 but feveral have told me, that they have 

 iis'd it themfelves, when they have found 

 themfelves fick with eating any Pdracood | 

 but that upon taking the Bone thus pow- 

 dered, they have found no other ill Effeft, 

 tut only a Nummednefs in their Limbs, 

 and a Weaknefs for fome time after. Some 

 Will pretend to diftinguifh a poifonous Pa- 

 rhchd from a Wholefcrpe one, by the Liver J 



