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Mola mola - "Sun Fish" - [FR: Poisson Lune]

ID: 491 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Poisson Lune
Vernacular Name: Sun Fish
Scientific Name: Mola mola
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Ostraciidae - "Coffer Fish" - [FR: Poisson Coffre]

ID: 492 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Poisson Coffre
Vernacular Name: Coffer Fish
Scientific Name: Ostraciidae
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Trachinidae - "Weever" - [FR: Vive]

ID: 493 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Vive
Vernacular Name: Weever
Scientific Name: Trachinidae
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Sparus aurata - "Gilthead Sea Bream" - [FR: Beaume]

ID: 494 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Beaume
Vernacular Name: Gilthead Sea Bream
Scientific Name: Sparus aurata
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Cololabis adocetus - "Saury" - [FR: Mere Balaous]

ID: 495 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Mere Balaous
Vernacular Name: Saury
Scientific Name: Cololabis adocetus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Aulostomidae - "Trumpet Fish" - [FR: Trompette]

ID: 496 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Trompette
Vernacular Name: Trumpet Fish
Scientific Name: Aulostomidae
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Awaous banana - "Banana Goby" - [FR: Banane]

ID: 497 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Banane
Vernacular Name: Banana Goby
Scientific Name: Awaous banana
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Solea solea - "Sole" - [FR: Sole]

ID: 498 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Sole
Vernacular Name: Sole
Scientific Name: Solea solea
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Diagramma pictum - "Painted Sweetlips" - [FR: Manger ? chien]

ID: 499 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Manger ? chien
Vernacular Name: Painted Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Diagramma pictum
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Labrus - "Labrus" - [FR: Vieille]

ID: 500 | ID2: 36
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Vieille
Vernacular Name: Labrus
Scientific Name: Labrus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
📖 Full Translated Text:
The second way to take turtles is to turn them. The fishermen stand waiting in coves then when the turtle arrives and has climbed onto the sand they run there and turn them on their back then leave it there to go to others. The third way is with the varre but you don't take ten in a year this way. It is only by chance that we use this instrument. There are four kinds of turtles in the Windward Islands, namely, brown turtles (tortue franche), which are very good to eat. It is the only species commonly eaten. The caret is the only turtle that produces scale, flesh and is red. And if you eat it then you have warts, you will soon be covered in pustules and abscesses. The turtle called loggerhead, this one has a very bad taste. We turn it into burning oil. There are few of them and they are different from the brown turtle whose head is larger. The fourth is called a clapboard turtle(tortue ? clin). We haven't seen them on the islands for a long time. It is still fished towards the island of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barth?lemy. This turtle is very large. It takes ten men to turn it. Its shell is soft and this turtle is only good for making burning oil. Tortoises are not natural to the Windward Islands. We sometimes bring them from Testigue(?) where there are a lot of them. We don't eat them much though lack of habit as they are rare. The biggest ones I saw were about six inches wide and ten inches long.We no longer fish for manatee in the Windward Islands. It's been more than thirty years since we last saw one there. No salted manatee meat is brought to the Windward Islands and nothing can replace the beef and pork meat that comes from Europe. Salted turtles are also rarely brought there. We see in Martinique thazard, carengue of two species, namely, big-eyed and green. These are the best and are worth excellent shad, sardes in some places, parques, bracheto, mulets of the Portuguese, surgeons?fish, moonsfish, cofferfish, vives, beaumes, saury mothers, saurys, trumpets, bananafish, small soles which are worth nothing, cups, dog food(manger ? chien), some excellent vieilles
Source: Form and report Martinique (7)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Labrus - "Labrus" - [FR: Vieille]

ID: 501 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Vieille
Vernacular Name: Labrus
Scientific Name: Labrus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Consumption, Use & Preparations
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Labrus - "Labrus" - [FR: Vieille]

ID: 502 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Vieille
Vernacular Name: Labrus
Scientific Name: Labrus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The bad thing is that it is very rare.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Sardina pilchardus - "Sardine" - [FR: Sardine]

ID: 503 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Sardine
Vernacular Name: Sardine
Scientific Name: Sardina pilchardus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Sardina pilchardus - "Sardine" - [FR: Sardine]

ID: 504 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Sardine
Vernacular Name: Sardine
Scientific Name: Sardina pilchardus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Fishing Techniques & Equipment
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Batoidea - "Ray" - [FR: Raie]

ID: 505 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Raie
Vernacular Name: Ray
Scientific Name: Batoidea
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Batoidea - "Ray" - [FR: Raie]

ID: 506 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Raie
Vernacular Name: Ray
Scientific Name: Batoidea
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Lachnolaimus maximus - "Hogfish" - [FR: Capitaine]

ID: 507 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Capitaine
Vernacular Name: Hogfish
Scientific Name: Lachnolaimus maximus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Lachnolaimus maximus - "Captain" - [FR: Capitaine]

ID: 508 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Capitaine
Vernacular Name: Captain
Scientific Name: Lachnolaimus maximus
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Price
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The captain fished in Martinique are worthless.
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Scarinae - "Parrotfish" - [FR: Perroquet]

ID: 509 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Perroquet
Vernacular Name: Parrotfish
Scientific Name: Scarinae
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Present in the area
📖 Full Translated Text:
The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Belone belone - "Garfish" - [FR: Orphie]

ID: 510 | ID2: 37
Document Type: Received
Original French Name: Orphie
Vernacular Name: Garfish
Scientific Name: Belone belone
Location: Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Region: Caribbean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1722
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here.
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The fish when sprinkled with salt 24 hours, it's worth green cod. The bad thing is that it is very rare. Sardines different in shape, size and taste from European sardines or the frank sardine (franche) also called cailleux. There are night sardines similar to those of Europe except that they have a small golden stripe from the head to the tail. There is no fish that takes effect more quickly than these sardines. They come in an hour. There are also stingrays similar in the body to the European rays which are not curly and dull as those from the coast of Brittany. The tail of this one is sometimes two fathoms long, thick at the end which sticks to the body like the tip of the little finger and tapers down to the other end. It is a compound of small knots like the edge of a fish covered with a black and very hard film. In addition to the stingray of which I spoke above with a large tail, there is another species which has a little tail. There is above the tail of this stingray a stinger-shape bone which is very poisonous. Those who are stung suffer severe pain, onthe injured part, for nearly 24 hours. There are also fish called captains of two species. There is a species that is fished on the shallows of Grande Terre whose head is better than a calf's head. The captain fished in Martinique are worthless. There are also parrots fish, niggers? food fish? (Manger? n?gre) (There is also a fish called garfish? (orphie). This fish is the aiguille of the Brittany coast, but it is less good here. Satroux, a type of cuttlefish without any bones. Finally, I know several other species of useless fish, but it would take too long to give an exact description of them. A few of these fish above do some harm. There is a species in Guadeloupe called white beard(barbe blanche)which has a good taste, but you mustbe hungry and have nothing to eat to dare to try it because this fish kills wonderfully. To test it, we cook the head, part of the body as well as the liver, which is more dangerous, then we give this head to a dog. If immediately after eating it does not die, we eat it. There are no crocodiles in the Windward Islands. There used to be plenty of lizards there. There are few now.The lizards are made like those in France.The largest are about as big as the arm for the largest of the body and long from the nose to the end of the
Source: Form and report Martinique (8)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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