524 Cookery* 
"by Suetonius and Laiupridius, I found I had to wade through the 
Deipnosophista of Athene us with the commentaries of Casaubon 
and others, and the natural history (such as remains tous) of Aris- 
totle, and more especially of Pliny the elder, and Galen. That I 
Lupus, the Pike : a young Pike is a Jack. 
Lagois, is a fish with which I am unacquainted, 
Felons , I cannot assign a modern name to, 
Mytilus, a Limpen. 
Mur ex, a Muscle : perhaps a Clam. 
Cochlea , Conchy lia, Cockles. 
Echinus, a Craw fish, 
Perna , a Prawn. 
Squilla , the Shrimp. 
Ostrea , an Oyster. 
Pecten, a scollop Oyster. A Clam ? 
Such are the fishes mentioned in these authors : but there were many of 
which they take no notice. 
I do not find that Horace or Juvenal mention any of the following fish, no- 
ticed by others, chiefly Pliny and Galen. 
Cancer ; Gammarum , the Crab : Conger, the Conger-eel : Cyprinus , the 
Carp: Thynnus , the Tunny: Raia , the Ray or Skate: Raia clavata , the 
Thornback : Pecca, the Pearch : Erithinon, Rubellio , the Roach : Scomber, the 
Mackarel, which ought to be far more frequent at our tables as a fresh fish, 
than it is. Hilecula , the Pilchard, the Sardini a, or the Anchovy, for I am 
in doubt about this. JLurata , the Gold fish ; not the modern Chinese fish, I 
presume, that are now kept for ornament, but the el Dorado, so common at 
sea. Xiphias , the Sword fish. Jlsellus , the Cod. Mustela , Galexia, the Eel- 
pout. Glaucus, I suspect this to be either the streaked bass, or Rock, or 
else the Mackarel. Garum, 1 am in doubt about this also, some think it the 
Mackarel, I think it was a Lobster or a Crab ; it was a fish used as a pickled 
fish, of which the pickle was in great repute. Of the Crab or Lobster kind, 
I reckon the Mesa, and the Echinus. The Lucius, I translate a Haddock ; 
though on the authority of Ausonius, it is usually considered a Pike. Hugo 
de Friedwald, supports me in this ; but it is not clear. I must give up for 
the present the Acus, the Smaris , the Mcena , the Sudis or Sphyrcena, the 
Molina (soft shelled crab ?) the Lampetia, the Sturio , the Sargus or Mela - 
nurus , the Latus (Flounder ?) the Locusta, Astacus (Lobster ?) the Trachinus , 
the Cornua or Orphon, the Lamia, the Libella , the Aquila , the Corvus or 
Corachius, the Pagrus or Pagyrus , the Clypea or Alosa, with many others 
whereof mention is to be found in the thirty-second book of Pliny, and in 
Galen. It is greatly to be wished that five good scholars, including a botan- 
ist, a naturalist, and a mineralogist, would sit down to the translation of Pli- 
ny’s natural history, and add notes to it. I hardly know any single man, or 
indeed any two men competent to the task, I do not find that the ancients 
knew any thing of our Trout, Salmon, or Sea Turtle. I am not clear about the 
Tarrapin, and the Land Turtle, ; 
