{Soles.}
Soles are a Fish we have but lately discover'd; they are as good,
as in any other Part.
{Mullets.}
Mullets, the same as in England, and great Plenty in all Places
where the Water is salt or brackish.
{Shads.}
Shads are a sweet Fish, but very bony; they are very plentiful
at some Seasons.
{Fat-Backs.}
Fat-Backs are a small Fish, like Mullets, but the fattest ever known.
They put nothing into the Pan, to fry these. They are excellent sweet Food.
{White Guard-Fish.}
The white Guard-Fish is shaped almost like a Pike, but slenderer;
his Mouth has a long small Bill set with Teeth, in which he catches
small Fish; his Scales are knit together like Armour. When they dress him,
they strip him, taking off Scales and Skin together. His Meat is very white,
and rather looks like Flesh than Fish. The English account them
no good Fish; but the Indians do. The Gall of this Fish is green,
and a violent Cathartick, if taken inwardly.
{Green-Guard.}
The green Guard is shaped, in all respects, like the other,
save that his Scales are very small and fine. He is indifferent good Meat;
his Bones, when boil'd or fry'd, remain as green as Grass.
The same sort of Fish come before the Mackarel in England.
{Scate.}
Scate, or Stingray, the same as in England, and very common;
but the great Plenty of other Fish makes these not regarded;
for few or none eat them in Carolina, though they are almost
at every ones Door.
{Thornback.}
Thornbacks are the same as in England. They are not so common
as the Scate and Whip-Rays.
{Congar-Eels.}
Congar-Eels always remain in the Salt-Water; they are much more known
in the Northward Parts of America, than with us.
{Lamprey.}
Lampreys are not common; I never saw but one, which was large,
and caught by the Indians, in a Ware. They would not eat him,
but gave him to me.
{Eels.}
Eels are no where in the World better, or more plentiful, than in Carolina.
{Sun-Fish.}
Sun-Fish are flat and rounder than a Bream, and are reckon'd
a fine-tasted Fish, and not without Reason. They are much
the size of Angel-Fish.
{Toad-Fish.}
Toad-Fish are nothing but a Skin full of Prickles, and a few Bones;
they are as ugly as a Toad, and preserv'd to look upon,
and good for nothing else.
{Sea-Tench.}
They are taken by a Bait, near the Inlet, or out at Sea a little way.
They are blackish, and exactly like a Tench, except in the Back-fins,
which have Prickles like a Pearch. They are as good, if not better
than any Tench.
{Salt-Water Trouts.}
Trouts of the Salt-Water are exactly shaped like the Trouts in Europe,
having blackish, not red Spots.
