7 6 
Manate, or Sea Cow ; but in New-England the Indians 
have in greateft requeft, the Bafs, the Sturgeon, the 
the Lamprey, the the Frojl-Ji/Ji, the Lobjler and 
the Clam. 
[3 8 ] Fourthly, Of Serpents, and Inse&s/ 
Pond Frog? 
THe Pond Frog, which chirp in the Spring like Spa- 
rows, and croke like Toads in Autumn: Some of 
thefe when they fet upon their breeeh are a Foot high ; 
he, "is a cod; but, for the use of the country, there is all manner of fish, as fol- 
loweth : — 
"The king of waters, — the sea-shouldering Whale ; 
The snuffing Grampus, with the oily seal; 
The storm-presaging Porpus, Herring-hog ; 
Line-shearing Shark, the Cat-fish, and Sea-dog; 
The scale-fenced Sturgeon ; wry-mouthed Hollibut ; 
The flouncing Salmon, Codfish, Greedigut ; 
Cole, Haddick, Hake, the Thornback, and the Scate, 
(Whose slimy outside makes him seld' in date;) 
The stately Bass, old Neptune's fleeting post, 
That tides it out and in irom sea to coast; 
Consorting Herrings, and the bony Shad; 
Big-bellied Alewives; Mackrels richly clad 
With rainbow-colour, the Frost-fish and the Smelt, 
As good as ever Lady Gustus felt; 
The spotted Lamprons ; Eels ; the Lamperies, 
That seek fresh-water brooks with Argus-eyes : 
These watery villagers, with thousands more, 
Do pass and repass near the verdant shore." 
1 See p. 97. 
2 The account in the Voyages (pp. 114-23) is better; and Wood's, in New- 
England's Prospect, chap. xi. (to which last, Josselyn was possibly indebted), far 
better. 
3 See "the generating of these creatures," in Voyages, p. 119. "Here, like- 
