me very rare, I have ffiven an icon ofik-Platje'ÿxvï. JSig. jj^ i. a,djufted
to the general féale from a drawing of Mr. Jago.
sect. x:|{ It muft not be imagined that the, c&teilogue öf fifh given, here in
Profit of in this chapter contains all the fifh which aj-e caught on the coaft
of, Comwaih but racier the mof|!ufefol, móft rase, and pfirçmarkr
able properties, which have reached the knowledge the author ;
It would be a very difficult talk to make out an exarit lift '■> \&Dntmnja
et futnmè admirabilis Dei potentia atqm Joler^ÿn tëbus q^eJUbuSy
iifque <pua in aere et terra jiunt, maximè■ vereenmariy in qm torn
varia et fiupendce rerum forntaeeonfpiciuniur ut qucerendi & con-
templandi nullus unquatn futurus fit fifiis “’Vi? Qfuthe before-mcnti-
oned river-fifh, the falmon, trout, and eel thave the preference;
of the flat Tea-fifhj the turbot, fqle, and doree ; of the .long,
the launces, and the conger ; of the round, the cod;; to which the
whiting-pollack, whiting and ling are next, tho’ in tafte and firmnefs
inferior : the mackrel, mullet, and gurnard are'well knoiyn* bpt for
profit to the common-wealth of this county, the pilchard is deferv-
edly effeemed above all. Tins fifh comes from the north; feas in
iftimmfe fhoals, and in the iummer months, about the middle o f
July, reaches the ifiands of Scilly, and the Land’s End of Cofn-
wall ; not driven by fifh o f the cetaceous kind >^-pfeptedhayg.
thought), but fluffing their fituation as the feafoil prompts, and
their food allures them; thus by a tour to the warm fpütherlÿ
, coafts of Britain, they ftrengthen and preparé themfelves, apd their
young ones to return to the great northern deeps, for the lake of
fpawning and fecuring thèmfelves during thé ftormy fpafpüf The
pilchard continues off and on in the fbuth chattel, principally from
Fawy harbour weftward, and is taken fbmetimes in great- nuihbera
at Mevagifiÿ, in the creeks of Falmouth and Hêlford harbours, in
the creeks of St. Kevran, and in Mount’s Bay ; feme pilchards are
alfo taken in St. Ives Bay in the north chaneh With the taking
this fifh fay feyne-nets and drift-nets, the curing them with felt,
preffing them, (fuming them being for many years laid afide) and
exporting them to foreign markets, the world is fo well acquainted *,
that I need only luggeft in a luminary manner the advantage which
this fifh is of to the county of Cornwall : It employs a great number
of men on the fea, training them thereby to naval affairs ;
employs men, women, and children, at land, in fairing, preffing,
wafhing, and cleaning, in making boats, nets, ropes, calks, and
all the trades depending on their conftrudtion and fale ; the poor is
fed with the offals of the captures, the land with the refufe of the
fifh
z Rondeletius, part n. chap. xiv. I See Carew’s Survey, page. 33; '&c.
fifh and fait, the merchant finds the gains ufcommiffion and honeft
commerce, the .fifherman the gains of the .fifh. ; Ship's are .often
freighted hither with .fait, and into foreign .jddUntfies 'With the fifh,
carrying off at, flic fame rime "part of our tin. Thelufual produce
of this beneficial. article in money, is j as? follows :: By: an cxa<ft
computation .of die number ilffi'hpgfheads exported each year for ten
years,. from 1747 to .ry^himelufive, from theifour'^Sorts'of'^fewy»
Falmouth, Penzance, and St. Ives,..it;(appe^^^hat. Fawy has. exported
yemly 'i'^a^hogffeadsy.iFahnQuth hogfiieaels and two
-thirds,, Penzance and Mbunt’s. ®ay ,1 2749 hogfhe^khd One:.third,
St. Ives 12:8 2. hogfheads; in* all ^mbun'tingjtd d9:7^95 hogflfeacls :
every hogfhead • for ten years laft paft, .together .with |t$|t| bounty
allowed for dheh hegflifeaa feW<f>l?ted,' ahd-the oyl mbSae ourtof 'efach
hogfhead,§ has amounted, one year with another at .an average^ito
the price -pf atfe pound ritirteOh Shillings and three;* pehee^f *(pht*hat
ithe cafh paid SB pilchards exported has ,alr a medium annually
amounted to<the ,fum of forty-nine thQulaad five hundred and'vthii^y-
two pounds iten;fhilhqgs. : i
It us ftilF.a tmakerbdf ‘difpute .whether fifties do heaf; ;hiany s I g-t xi.
•learned mefe maintain &e;atffirmativfe ; aiift cerhuri^fis^fhat fohhds Whethdu 'j
are/propagated in water. ‘“'All cetaceous fifli^,* slays? Artedi,!’(ibid. ,•;
ipage kqfSibve ■ the .auditory6;palfeges\fexternally ./apparent, shut ‘all
Jollier cfifh.ihave! none,. and'therefore- feetn mot ;to-hear. .hfAiff'.fifh
■ate terrified indeed at the: ffoimds of thunder;Gallon, aad'/fuch
.vidlent coricuffiohslbf the airj which have;a.prqporti0hahle:effedlyon
the .water, and the-fifh rnhy become ffenfible;of''.this 5jfeyit^evgeneral
fenfe bf feeling.”.' Biftito this let me add',. thatrthoughlthti!generally
rof 'fifh have.no. apparentauditory. paffages,: yet they : may?;hafbCfbme;
final 1 deeret du(its* (probahly in. their gills nr.mouth)}thro’. which, they
receive founds, though in no veryiapute manh^v'i^ture;i|by iwhich
mame-.I always mean theiwife?Difpofer; of the,- natufafand iifeal conrfc
-of things)/leffens; •diverfifies, ..and .proportions the,: organs;., of «tins
fenfe of hearing to the occafiohs df the animal,i* juKl'. the medipnirin
-which .founds'are to move ; if that; be thin anri light as 'air 'is, sithe
auditory paffages may/be*large; i.but ifrdenfetandrturliulent as wateB,
thofe;paffes muft be
violently agitated, and fbon .lofe.’their, tone.: thus ;.as*/Mr. Ray (Great.
■page 152^ edi-ti 8) ohferves,-: theramphibi©us;or ikjuatic::quadfUpeds,
fuch asrthe beaver, otter, phofca or fea-calf, water-rat, randaffog,
: have .very fmall • ears Or -ear-holes fuited to the frequen t .dccafions. they
have to be in the watry elemeilt. Again : feveral fifties have their names
from the "founds wliieh' they utterb , from which I ftiould conclude,
W'b Asjpie gumarS, &c. :from gruntMy, the cnda>#, &c.
4 a ; that