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we went cn (bore, but they gave us fo little trouble, that we 
did not make ufe of the (hades which we had provided for the 
fecurity of our faces. 
For this fcarcity of animals upon the land, the fea, how- 
ever, makes an abundant recompenfe ; every creek fvvarming 
with fifli, which are not only vvholefome, but equally deli- 
cious with thofe of Europe : the (hip feldom anchored in any 
dation, or with a light gale pafled any place, that did not 
afford us enough with hook and line to ferve the whole (hip’s- 
company, efpeciaily to the fouthward : when we lay at an- 
chor, the boats, with hook and- line, near the rocks, could 
take n!h in any quantity ; and the feine feldom failed of pro- 
ducing a llill more ample (apply ; fo that both times when we 
anchored in Cook’s Streight, every mefs in the (hip, that was 
not carelefs a id improvident, falted as much as laded many 
weeks after they went to fea. Of this article, the variety was 
eq ;• 1 to the plenty ; we had mackrel of many kinds, among 
which one was exactly the fame as we have in England : thefe 
came in immenfe (hoals, and were taken by tire natives in 
their feines, who fold them to us at a very eafy rate. Befides 
thefe, there were fi fh of many fpecies which we had never feen 
before, but to all which the feamen very readily gave names; 
fo that we talked here as familiarly of hakes, bream, cole- 
fifli, and many ethers, as we do in England ; and though 
they are by no means of the fame family, it mult be confeJTed 
that they do honour to the. name. But the highed luxury which 
the fea afforded us, even in this place, was the lobfter or fea 
crav-filh, which are probably the fame that in the account of 
Lord Anfon's voyage are faid to have been found at the idand of 
Juan Fernandes, except that, although large, they are not quite 
equal in free : they differfrom ours in England in feveral parti- 
culars, they have a greater number of prickles on their backs, 
and tiiey are red when (irft taken out of the water. Thefe we 
alfo bought every where to the northward in great quantities 
of the natives, who catch them by diving near the (hore, and 
finding out where they lie with their feet. We had alfo a 
ffh that Frezier, in his voyage to the Spanidi Main in South- 
America, has deferibed by the names Elefant, Pcjtgallo, or 
Poifoncoq, which, though courfe, we eat very heartily. Seve- 
ral fpecies of the (kate, or (ling-ray, are alfo found here, 
which were dill coarfer than the Elefant ; but as an atone- 
ment, we had among many kind of dog-fifhone, fpotted with 
white, whicli was in devour exactly limilar to our bed (kate, 
but much.more delicious. We had alfo a flat fi(h refembling 
both foies and flounders, befides eels and congers of various 
kinds, with many others of which thofe who (hall hereafter vi- 
(it this coad will not fail to find the advantage ; and dieli-fi£h 
in great variety, particularly clams, cockles, and oyfter3. 
Among 
