aer of taking the S^ord-Fipi which is much like to the 
Whale Fijhing. It is remarkable of this fifh, that tho* 
for bignefs it might be reckoned of the CetaceQus^m^^ 
yet IS the fl^fh thereof of fo,delicate a taift, that the Me[- 
Janefe^ and other Inhabitaptsot iS/V/Ty ^xiA Italy ^ where* 
-abouts it is taken, aire as fond oi it as our people of 
Mackrell^ or frelh Herrings at their firft coming, fo 
that it is fold for one Tari per pound, which is little lefs 
then fix pence Enghjh. . a ^ i:- s ; q w , ii c . • w 
In the Sedtioh of thif bpbki a; particular andex^<a 
account is given ot the feverall forts of fifliesoftbc 
T^rout or Salmon kind, and of the manner and whole 
procefs of their generation and mixtures, and of their 
fifhing;,- as alfo of the T^mny fiihing, which is fo great 
advantage to the Frerichy Italians^ and other Nations 
bordering on t\it Mediterranean Stdi. In the lame 
Sedion is defcribed the manner ot the Pilchard and 
Herring fifhing, as aUo the ways of curing them when 
taken, and of fmoking and redding //^^m^z^i-. 
For other particulars ot the book, and for the whole 
/.ppendix, the Reader is referred to the workitfelf. 
But that which gives this work the greateft advan- 
tage above any other Hiftory of Fijhes hitherto pub- 
lifhed, and recommends it to the purchafe andperufall 
of all curious and ingenious perfons, is the clear and ac- 
curate method, the many new Obfervations, the mul- 
titude and elegancy pt the Sculpts-, in all which re- 
fpefts jointly taken, it far tranfcends any book of this 
nature already extant. The number of Copper Plates 
beinglittle fhort of 200, in which are figured 388 fifhes, 
befides 3 7 in the Appendix. The new figures defigned 
from the life are 128, of which 30 at leaft of fifhes never 
before exhibited or defcribed, for which we ought to 
thank Dr Lijier. 
Godefridi 
