Cap. XVI. The Caribby-lflarids. 



DORADO. 



THe Dorado, by fome called the Sea-Bream, by others the 

 ^iber-Fifi, is alfo common in thefe parts : it is called Do- 

 rado 0 becaufe in the water the head of it feems to be of a green 

 gilt, and the reft of the body as yellow as gold, and azur'd, as 

 a clear fky : It takes a pleafure in following the (hips, but fwims 

 fofwifcly that hernuft be very dextrous that fhall take it either 

 with the iron-hook, or long ftafT with the cafting-net at the 

 end of it, which are the inftruments wherewith Sea-men are 

 wont to take great fifties: Nor can a man imagine a fifth better 

 furniih'd for fwimming then this 5 for he hath the fore-part of 

 the head iharp, the back briftled with prickles reaching to the 

 tail, which is forked, two fins of each fide of the head, and 

 as many under the belly, finall fcales, and the whole body of a 

 figure rather broad then big, all which give him a ftrange com- 

 mand of the waters : fome of them are about five foot in 

 length : Many account the meat of this fifth, though a little 

 dry, aspleafant to the tafte as that of a Trout or Salmon, fo 

 thedrynefs of it be corrected with a little good fauce : When 

 the Tortuguez, fee thefe Dorados following their Ships, they ftand 

 on the Bow-fprit with a line in their hand, at the end whereof 

 there is only a piece of white linen faften'd to the hook without 

 any other bait. 



BONITE. 



T Here is another Fifth which commonly follows the Ships, 

 called a Bonite: It is big, and hath much meat about it, 

 and about two foot in length: Thefkinofit feems to be of a 

 very dark green, and whitifih under the belly : It hath fcales 

 only on both fides, and there only two ranks of very little ones 

 along a yellowifti line, reaching from one fide to the other, be- 

 ginning at the head to the tail, which is forked; It is taken 

 with great hooks caft out on the fides of the Ship 5 which may 

 be done without any hindrance to the Voyage: This Fifth is as 

 greedy as the Cod, and taken with any baits, even with the 

 entrails of other fifth: He is more common in the main Sea, 

 then on the Coafts, and very good meat eaten frefh 5 but 

 much more delicate having lain a little while in Pepper and 

 Salt before it be drefs'd : Some conceive this to be the fame 

 fifth with another call'd by the French Thon, which is common 

 on all the Coafts of the Mediterranean Sea. 



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