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^ GetttkmaH of my 'Acquaintan^, ConiS^det 
of a Veflel, ' tells me j 4iis; People took a Sun-fijhy 
South oi Newfoundland:, which, by his Defcription, 
was coiifiderably larger than that brought hither. 
They made no Ufe of the Flefh^; but lie remembers 
it was a griftly Subftanee, hard and firm. r ■ 
A Piece of the Flefh boiled, tb^try?;how it would 
look and tafte, to our Surprize, fwas dl turned into 
a Jelly. Being fofc and tender, it could not be taken 
out of the Saucepan with a Fork, but only with a 
Spoon j in Colour'and Gonfiftence nearly refembling 
boiled Starch when cold. It had little or nothing 
of the Fifhy,' bur a grateful and pleafant Tafte. 
By the flicking together of my Lips, and from 
what I obferved by touching it with my Fingers, I 
took Notice, that thi!s boikd. Fleflx was dgmmy .and 
glutinous? which brought to my Mind, th.at what 
the Antients made ufe of tp ferve the t^urpofes of 
Glue, was made frOm Tifh. I then tried it upon 
Paper and Leather, and found it to anfwer -the Ufe 
of Pafte very well : And it was owing in part to 
Negledf, and partly to Accident? that it was not alfo 
tried upon Wood. 
From this Difeovery of the glutinous Nature of 
the Flefh of the I would recommend it to 
thofe who have Opportunity to make farther Expe- 
riments upon it ; and probably fomething ufeful, or 
curious at leaft, may be a fatisfadtory Reward for 
the Trouble they fhall give themfelves on that Ac- 
count. . 
From the Deferiptions given us of the Ichthyocolla 
by T)iofcorides and Plmji the Gluc-fifh feems not 
to 
