TRAVELS IN 
red and the white Steenhrajfems^ or Stone-breams, two fpecies, 
or perhaps varieties only, of perches. They are taken from 
one to thirty pounds in weight. Of the fame genus there are 
feveral other fpecies, and all of them tolerably good. One of 
thefe called the Cabeljau, with the root of the pedtoral fins 
black, tail undivided, and one back fin, grows to the weight of 
forty pounds : another, called the Hottentot's fifh, from its dirty 
brown color, with one back fin, and tail bifid, commonly runs 
about four pounds : another perch, called the Silver-fifli, has 
one back fin, and tail bifid ; ground of a rofe-colored tinge, 
w^ith five longitudinal filver bands on each fide, defcribed pro- 
bably as the perca Jlriata : and a fourth fpecies, called the 
Stomp7ieus^ with one back fin and tail bifid, is diftinguifhed by 
fix tranfverfe bands of black and white fpots down each fide. 
The Harder^ a fpecies of Clupea^ not unlike the common her- 
ring, is confidered as a good fiflh j and the Klip or rock-fifh, the 
Blennius viviparus , makes no bad fry *. The jEjIJI^ the Scomber 
trachurus^ fchad or horfe mackrell, has a good flavour, but is 
reckoned to be unwholefome food, and on that account feldom 
eaten. The Scomber Scomber^ common mackrell, fometimes 
makes its appearance after bad weather in large fhoals in the 
bay. The Springer is efteemed for the thick fat coating that 
lines the cavity of the abdomen. The Speer'ing^ a fpecies of 
Antherhia^ is a fmall tranfparent fifh with a broad band, refemb- 
ling a plate of filver, on each fide. The Knorhaen^ a fpecies of 
Tr'igla^ or Gurnard, with two ftrong fpines on the fore part of 
* Another Blennius, called the King Rock-fifh, is fometimes caught with the 
former, to which, from its fhape and refemblance to the Muraaia of the ancients, 
naturalifts have given the fpecific name of Muranoides. 
each 
