Part 13

Sunfish.

Starfish.

Swordfish.

Tench.

Thornback or Neptunes Beard.

Thunnie, they cut the Fish in pieces like shingles and powder it, and this they call Melandria.

Sea Toad.

Tortoise, Torteise, Tortuga, Tortisse, Turcle or Turtle, of divers kinds.

Trout.

Turbut.

Sea Tun.

Sea Tree.

Uraniscopus.

Ulatise or Sawfish, having a Saw in his Forehead three foot long, and very sharp.

Umber.

Sea Urchin.

{32} Sea Unicorn or Sea Mononeros.

Whale, many kinds.

Whiting or Merling, the young ones are called Weerlings and Mops.

Whore.

Yardfish, Asses Prick or Shamefish.

The Sturgeon.

The Sturgeon, of whose Sounds is made Isinglass, a kind of Glew much used in Physick: This Fish is here in great plenty, and in some Rivers so numerous, that it is hazardous for Canoes and the like small Vessels to pass to and again, as in Pechipscut River to the Eastward.

The Cod.

The Cod, which is a staple Commodity in the Country.

To stop Fluxes of Blood.

In the Head of this Fish is found a Stone, or rather a Bone, which being pulveriz’d and drank in any convenient liquor, will stop Womens overflowing Courses notably: Likewise,

{33} For the Stone.