6. /lain krappi)a-~lt will kill a man ; seems to 

 be J he marbled angler. 



7. Buntal kumbtmg — pyramidal horned trunk fish. 



8. Buntal panjang — the snouted homed trunk 

 fish. 



0. Gnddimi — the remora. This fish is deemed 

 by the Malays to be a powerful manure for fruit trees. 



10. Kachany kachang — a sort of tnackrel. 



11. Talking rayu — the Madagascar mackfel. 



12. Tudong priyoo-**t\m southern trachiehthys. 



13. Giritang — merra holoccntius, or rufous 

 scorptena — very poisonous. 



14. Retting — The chaetodou— rery poisonous j 

 there are three species. 



Fishing-stakes afford nearly exclusive employment 

 to numbers of Chinese and Malays. They are run 

 out from the l>eneh, or placed on sand-banks, and 

 shoals. A large one costs about from 80 to 100 dol- 

 lars. Penang is cheaply and plentifully supplied 

 with fish. Having warned the stranger against (he 

 unwholesome kinds, it will he but fair to acquaint 

 him with the names of the approved soi ls. The Ma- 

 laya, it may be observed, always prefix tl*e generic 

 term than or fish to the specific name. 



1 . lkan ledah — t lie sole— jeel > kn 1 1 1 urhee ( Beiig.) 



2. Stblah — A sort of plaise or flounder;— pletiro- 

 nectes solea. 



3. Trobo — Indian sable fish, or clupea. 



4. Sinnangin — The Bengal •ressiuh muchee — 

 the robal — polvnemus ludicus. 



5. Oobt — whiting — scientia. 



6- Riddera — A smaller fish than tlie herring, hut 

 possessing somewhat of its flavor. 



7. Billana^-n small fish. 



8. Joompool — the comm m mullet— -mugil ce- 

 phalus. 



