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from five to fix feet in length, and of proportion- 
able thicknefs, of a duiky brown colour, fpotted with 
black. The Indians make ufe of their fharp teeth 
to fcratch or bleed themfelves with, and their pointed 
fcales to arm their arrows. This filh is fometimes 
eaten, and, to prepare them for food, they cover 
them whole in hot embers, where they bake them ; 
the fk in. with the fcales eafily peels off, leaving the 
meat white and tender. 
The mud fifh is large, thick or round, and two 
feet in length ; his meat white and tender, but fofc 
and tafles of the mud, and is not much efteemed. 
The great devouring trout and catfifh are ih abun- 
dance 5 the golden bream or funfifh, the red bellied 
bream, the filver or white bream, the great yellow- 
and meat black or blue bream; alfo abound here. 
The lad of thefe mentioned, is a large, beautiful, 
and delicious fifh ; when full grown they are nine 
‘nches in length, and five to fix inches in breadth ;■ 
the whole body is of a dull blue or indigo colour, 
marked with tranfverfe lifts or zones of a darker co- 
lour, fcatteringly powdered with fky blue gold and 
red fpecks ; fins and tail of a dark purple or livid 
fiefh colour ; the ultimate angle of the branchioftega 
forming a fpatula, the extreme end of which is 
broad and circular, terminating like the feather of 
the peacock’s train, and having a brilliant fpot or eye 
like it, being delicately painted with a fringed' bor- 
der of a fire colour. 
The great yellow or particoloured bream is in 
form and proportion much like the forementioned, 
but larger, from a foot to fifteen inches in length - s 
his back from head to tail is of a dark clay and duiky 
colour, with tranfverfe dafhes or blotches, of red- 
difh dull purple, or bluifli, according to different- 
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