. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. gers found, as vast groves of the bitter and sour va-rieties formerly covered thousands of acres of the peninsula, muchof which have been removed. It was appropriate that in l,his fa-vored land the sour orange should be placed near the fish ai:d oystei-s,for which its juice affords the proper sauce. Captain Bernard Romans, an engineer oflicer, who was employedIby the British Government during their occupation of Florida,1765-80, in surveying this coast, in his Concise Natural History ofFlorida, New York, 1775, thus wr
. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. gers found, as vast groves of the bitter and sour va-rieties formerly covered thousands of acres of the peninsula, muchof which have been removed. It was appropriate that in l,his fa-vored land the sour orange should be placed near the fish ai:d oystei-s,for which its juice affords the proper sauce. Captain Bernard Romans, an engineer oflicer, who was employedIby the British Government during their occupation of Florida,1765-80, in surveying this coast, in his Concise Natural History ofFlorida, New York, 1775, thus writes of the fisheries : The whole of the west coast of East Florida is covered withfishermens huts and flakes ; these are built by the Spanish tisner-men from Havana, who come annually to this coast to the numberof thirty sail, and one or two visit Rio dAis, or Indian River, andother places on the east coast. The principal fish here, of which theSpaniards make up their cargoes, is the red drum, culled in EastFlorida a basa They also salt a quantity of fish which they call. FISHES OF THE E.\ST ATLANTIC COAST. 103 pompanos, for wliicli they get a price three times as high as for otherfish. A few soles, sea trout, and the roe of mullet and black drummake up the remainder of their cargoes. These roes are dried andsmoked, and used instead of caviare by the Spaniards, who are veryfond of them. It may be added that these mullet roes are still prepared for sale?on the east coast, being much used by the Spaniards and Minorcansof St. Augustine. My host at Halifax Inlet, B. C. Pacetti, preparesmany of them every summer, and I have found them to be a savoryrelish for my lunch when out fishing. Captain Romans says of the Indian River: It abounds so mucn m fish, that a person may sit on the bankand stick them with a knife or sharp stick, as they swim by. i havefrequently shot from four to twelve mullets at one shot; nay, ourboys used to go alongside the vessel in the boat and kill the catfis
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