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with large black hairs. The flesh is white but hard and tasteless. In addition to these three species of land crabs, there are several kinds of sea crabs. They're all worthless.There is also another species of crab that is caught in the ditches and ravines called feriques. They're all pretty good. There are an infinite number of seabirds on these islands. Here are the names of some of them: frigate, great gullets, fools, imps, coiroux, moets of several kinds, among which there are some quite curious ones. Hummingbirds different from those on land, nonettes made like a bird of prey. All this is worth nothing to eat, except the imps and the hummingbirds but still need much burning oil. Done at Fort Royal on December 8, 1722. Benard

Few turtles are caught in Saint Christophe. No more than twenty are caught in a year with a net that we call folle that the inhabitants put to the sea in the Canaries district. Sometimes in the months of July and August when the turtles strand at night on beaches to lay their eggs, the inhabitants run up to them and turn them on their backs to prevent them from walking away. The turtles are commonly two feet in diameter and weigh 150 pounds. Their scales are not suitable for anything. But we sometimes catch in these same nets another species of turtle called caret whose shell is suitable for fashioning. They sell to Europeans for 5 to 6 pounds per pound. There are some residents of Saint Christophe who equip boats to go to Turtle Island to fish for turtles where they are abundant. They salt them for food for the negroes and bring some alive. This animal can go 4 to 5 weeks without eating. They rarely do this fishing in the Cayman Islands where there are a lot of turtles because it is too far from Saint Christophe. Great and Little Cayman are located west of Saint Domingue near the island of Cuba. The Caymans are small desert islands and the English have no establishment there, but they have 14 leagues to windward of Saint Christophe a small, very flat and sandy island called Barbuda where they fish a lot of turtles. This island, which is only a league around, belongs to the heirs of General Codrington. There are horses, lots of sheep, deer and guinea fowl chickens. There is a tower equipped with some cannon guarded by 20 men hired by the Codrington. We don't take manatee...

Memoir for Guadeloupe (Marge: fishing in the islands and colonies, turtles, ambergris, beavers, salmon, trout, eels, porpoises, sea wolves, sea oxen, green and dried cod, whales, manatees, description and illustration, fish and fishing in the country, sea bears). If there is any fresh fishing in Guadeloupe, particularly for the inhabitants' food. In this case, give details. When and how is this fishing done and who are the people involved? What tools do the fishermen use to do their work? A list of all the fish produced by these types of small fishing, such as tasards, sardines, caragnes, etc. Whether turtles are fished there. Whether this is done all year round or if it has specific seasons, and the different ways in which the inhabitants fish, whether with nets, traps or other methods. What species of turtles are seen and which are the most profitable. Whether all the turtles that are caught are consumed fresh. Whether they are still brought in salted as they were in the past, where they come from and who is involved in this trade. Whether several of this kind have been seen in the Cayman Islands. Whether there are land turtles. Whether they are numerous. Whether they are large and good to eat. Whether manatees are sometimes caught there and, if so, provide an accurate description of this fish because the illustrations we have do not correspond to what has been said about it. If there are several species, note the differences between males and females. How long do females carry their young and how many do they produce at a time? If manatee fishing, formerly practised in the Amazon River, is still practised in some parts of America, and who are the people who practise it? Is the salted meat of this fish still traded, and where does it come from? Are there porpoises, and what colour are they? Are there many crocodiles in Guadeloupe? Are they dangerous, and are there many of them? Are there many lizards? What use are they put to, and are they brought in to be eaten, and in what manner? What kinds of foreign salted fish, such as green or dried cod and salmon, etc., are brought to the island. Where do these fish come from and who trades in them? Whether ambergris is sometimes found on the coast and around the island, when and under what circumstances it is most likely to be found. Whether whales are often seen there and whether sea bears, calves and sea cows also come there. Whether they are found in large numbers and whether sea lions of another species are also seen there. In this case, provide a faithful and accurate description. Whether there are large numbers of shellfish on the coast and of what species.

6-All these fisheries are usually consumed by the inhabitants of the same country. 7-The fisheries that are made in the villages along the coast are usually transported to the big cities to have a sale and they are brought there dry and salted. 8-In this country, we do not find anchovies, herring nor tuna, but there are ordinary sardines and those of Europe, spellamites or bonitos, mackerel, as well as emperador or peixe spada. 9-It is answered in article 3. 10-We also see whiting and a number of excellent cod on these coasts, but we do not see any trout and salmon.11-All species of fish are common in these countries but sturgeons, asselus,acus and auratus are found there more rarely. There are fish of excellent quality such as in the Portuguese language the merots which are sometimes 15 to 20 pounds weighing and more, which are sold from 24 to 48 livres tournoisa piece. There are also the olhose de boy pitanga, which is excellent, the sciarus in Latin and several others but the most ordinary are the gallus, ratta and charer in Portuguese at the Bay of All Saints. We find a lot of cod which we call in these countries chancarona and a lot of collias . 12-On these coasts we usually see fish which are already mentioned in the previous articles such as whiting, mackerel, cod, emperador or peixe spada,bonitos and sardines and for the other names which are the following will be in Latin. Assellus,auratus,lestrius,lupus lanatus,malus imberbis,mallus, aspar,morena and sciana in quantity, gallus ratta gallus marina collias and an infinity of other fish. Whale fishery. 1-This fishery begins in June and ends in September. 2-At All Saints Bay there can be 50 large boats and around 12 in Rio de Janeiro. 3-These vessels are made like large warship?s boat, but lighter for chasing. 4-There are usually. 12 to 14 crew members [?]

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.