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1777- The principal fifh we caught by the feine were mullets 
and elephant fifh, with a few foies and flounders ; but thofe 
that the natives moflly fupplied us with, were a fort of fea- 
bream of a fllver colour with a black fpot on the neck, 
large conger eels, and a fifh in fliape much like the bream, 
but fo large as to weigh five, fix, or feven pounds. It is 
blackiih with thick lips, and called Mogge by the natives. 
With hook and line we caught chiefly a blackifh fifh of the 
fize of a haddock, called cole-fifh by the feamen, but dif¬ 
fering much from that known by the fame name in Eu¬ 
rope ; and another of the, fame fize, of a reddilh colour with 
a little beard, which we called night walkers, from the 
greateft number being caught in the night. Sometimes we 
got a fort of fmall falmon, gurnards, fkate, and nurfes ; and 
the natives, now and then, brought hake, paracutas, a fmall 
lort of mackerel, parrot-fifh, and leather-jackets ; befides 
another fifh which is very rare, fliaped almoft like a dol¬ 
phin, of a black colour, with ftrong bony jaws, and the 
back-fin, as well as thofe oppofite to it, much lengthened 
at the end. All thefe forts, except the laft, which we did 
not try, are excellent to eat; but the Mogge , fmall falmon, 
and cole-fifh are fuperior to the reft. 
The rocks are abundantly furnifhed with great quanti¬ 
ties of excellent mufcles ; one fort of which, that is not very 
common, meafures above a foot in length. There are alfo 
cockles buried in the fand of the fmall beaches; and in 
fome places oyfters, which, though very fmall, are well 
tafted. Of other fhell-fifh there are ten or twelve forts, 
fuch as periwinckles, wilks, limpets, and fome very beau¬ 
tiful fea-ears; alfo another fort which ftick to the weeds; 
with fome other things, as fea-eggs, ftar-fifh, &c. leveral of 
which are peculiar to the place. The natives likewife fome- 
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