flavour; and epicures esteem the black pomfret a great dainty: 
the sable, or salmon-fish, a little resembles the European fish, from 
whence it is named: the robal, the scir-fish, the grey mullet, and 
some others, are very good; but the bumbalo, a small fish, ex- 
tremely nutritive, and caught in immense numbers, is the favourite 
with the natives, who are allowed by their religion to eat fish: 
they are dried for home consumption, and furnish a principal ar- 
ticle of food for the Lascars, or Indian sailors, on board their ves- 
sels; they are also a considerable aiticle of commerce in their 
dried state. Turtle arc sometimes caught at Bombay, and the 
adjacent islands; as are sea cray-fish, oysters, limpets, and other 
shell fish. 
