. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 53.—White Mullet {Mugil Braziliensis). The following is by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, 1614 : " For the present Tobacco is the best commoditie, and for victuals, if men have boates, nets, lines, hookes, and striking irons, they may have good fish at all times, as Rockfish [PI, xcv, figs. 3, 4], Angell- fish, Hogge-fish, Amberfish \^Seriola\ Cutlefish [Oc
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 53.—White Mullet {Mugil Braziliensis). The following is by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, 1614 : " For the present Tobacco is the best commoditie, and for victuals, if men have boates, nets, lines, hookes, and striking irons, they may have good fish at all times, as Rockfish [PI, xcv, figs. 3, 4], Angell- fish, Hogge-fish, Amberfish \^Seriola\ Cutlefish [Octopus or Squid], Pilot-fish, Hedgehogfish [^Diodooi]^ Cunnyfish [Coney-fish, PL xcv, fig. 1], Old wives, Stingraies, Snappers, Groopers, [hamlets], Cavallies, Morraies, Mullets, Mackerels, Pilchers [pilchards], Breames, Lobsters, Turtles, Sharkes, &c. Also heere are Eeles in freshwater ponds [true Anguilla, still found]. Rivers here are none, but ponds and welles of very good and holsome water, and a water descending from an hill, which floweth and ebbeth with the sea, and yet drinketh alwaies sweet like ; Governor Butler gave the following account of the fishes : "But above all the rest of the elements the sea is found most aboundantly liberall to thes islands ; hence have they as much excel-. Figure 54.—Eockfish {Mycteroperca honaci). lent fish and of a much varietye most easily taken as any place in the world ; the most of which being unknown to our more northerly partes, have lately gotten them names, either from their shapes or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author
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