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at whatever eftate neceffity or choice may occalion him to 

 vifit. This is the more to be regarded, as no inns are to ~ 

 be met with in the neighbourhood of any of the Surinam 

 rivers. 



To vary the fubje6t a little, I will now defcribe three 

 kinds of fifh, with which I occalionally entertained my 

 friends. The fun-fjh, the fnake-fjh, and the fpotted-cat. 

 The firft frequents both the fait and frefh water, like 

 the falmon : it is about eighteen or twenty inches long, 

 fhaped not unlike a kite ; and beipg covered over with 

 fcales of a golden colour, when it fwims in clear water 

 darts forth very bright beams, from which it has derived 

 its name of the Jun-fjh, The fnake-Ji/b takes its name 

 from its refemblance to that reptile : this is a black eel 

 with a white belly, it is not large, and is very common 

 in all the rivers. The fpotted-cat is called fo from its 

 tabby colour, and long whifkers : this filh is formed not 

 unlike zpike^ with very fharp teeth ; it has no fcales, it is 

 extremely fat, weighing fometimes above feventy pounds, 

 but its flefh is yellow, and not efteemed the moft delicate 

 food : however, here excellent filh is feldom wanting, 

 fuch as the new-maray paj/effee, warappa, jaekee^ and 

 many others already noticed. The Hope, with all this, 

 was now truly a moil ihocking place of refidence : here 

 I much regretted my former cottage, and fweet com- 

 panion, the one in ruins, the other at Paramaribo ; while, 

 at prefent, not a man was to be feen without an ague or 

 fever, or fome other wafting complaint. The dyfentery 

 >s alfo 



