brown ash, with a black stripe leading froni the 

 «ye to the shoulder— a few minute bluish greeo 

 specks intermingled with the stripe— a white 

 stripe along each side growing yellowish towards 

 the head— beneath white, terminated on each 

 side by a black filiform Uae. Th^AuguU hejHiikm 

 \% also found in the woods. 



The Z^gisna vulgaris, or Hammer headed shark, 

 is caught in great abundance, and expo^^ed in the 

 markets, conBtituting the food of a large propor- 

 tion of the lower orders— the Frhtis drraim or 

 Cirrated saw fish— several species of the Scleru- 

 dermi family, which are eaten by the natives, al- 

 though their flesh is nyl in great esteem— the Ciupta 

 Chinemis, or Indian sprat, and a great variety of 

 others : those, however, most in esteem for Euro- 

 pean tables are the Ffeuronecta biUmatm or Indian 

 sole— the Black and White pomfret— the Folium- 

 mui parad'mus, or Ikan A Mr;/,— the seer tisb, 

 all of which are remarkably fine. 



Of shell fish there are but few varieties, and ot 

 those the only edible ones are oy&ters,* crabs, the 

 common, and the land, or violet— the cockle, and 

 the muscle. The Monotuim c^clopjr, which is a 

 singular sea insect, having a bivalve s*hell about 

 a foot m diameter, is eaten by the lower orders. 

 Prawns are in abundance. 



The Cancer btrnkardus or Hermit crab, is re- 

 markable for its habits. This little animal takes 

 up its abode in any empty univalve shell, which 

 continues to form its habitation, until its encreas- 

 ing size renders it necessary for it to abandon it 



• CrtM, of contw, htiung to the Cnwtt^eoas ansa of luvertebml^iuii- 

 jDtk, nj ftvBiifT* do m lUc Cnuchiferoi*! class, but I imroaitce <hem berc 



