MDPOD - Masson du Parc Online Database

Note: Similar to number 26 - a clean version of the document with additional details. These fish, measuring 5 or 6 inches in length, are sufficient. They must be dried in the shade. Fish with crust. Starfish of all kinds. Both small and large ones will do. They must be dried gently. A few land and sea crabs, one or two of each kind. They must be whole, so they must be emptied, their shells replaced on their backs, and their legs and tails filled and left to dry slowly to keep them closed. A few lobsters and sea crayfish, which must be prepared in the same way. A few hermit crabs and whatever shellfish they catch. Sea urchins, sea cucumbers or sea hedgehogs of any kind, some with spines and others without. The crabs, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, starfish and anything else that might be fragile must be wrapped in a little cotton wool. Each piece should be wrapped in a piece of paper to prevent them from creasing and breaking during transport. Shells. We also needed some shells, but only a couple of each species are needed, and the shells should be fresh, i.e. those that have been made and from which the fish has been pulled out alive. Do not take any that are broken or have been washed up on the shore, nor any helmet shells or lambine shells, as these are too large and are common here. Stone plants. If there are stone plants of different kinds around the islands of [...], it would be good to have a few pieces of each species, as these are used to make lime on the islands.

If we also bring turtle flesh and where does this kind of cured meat come from?(Answerin the margins) Sometimes, they come from Cape Verde and Tabac (Tobago?) but rarely.What fish species do we see in Martinique for which there is fishing of some importancefor the food of the inhabitants? Make a list of the names of all the fish such as thazard, sardes, beaumes, dorades, etc. and mark those which are most common and in greatest number.(Answer in the margins) The same as in Guadeloupe.If there are a lot of crocodiles and lizards?(Answer in the margins) No crocodiles, a few lizards.If the first are dangerous and if they leave the waters to come ashore to find their food? If we sell lizards publicly to eat them and make stews or in what other ways do we prepare them?
(Answer in the margin)
We rarely sell them, there are few large ones that can be eaten, but there
are large quantities of small ones called anolis of which houses are full even though cats destroy them. We prepare them like chickens, in fricassee.
If green and dry cod are brought to Martinique and where does it come from? (Answer in the margins)
Some green comes from Canada and around 2000 quintals per year of dry cod which is not enough for a quarter of what would be consumed.
If other kinds of salted fish are brought there, what are they and where do they come from?
(Answer in the margins)
We sometimes bring thazard,vieille and other fish from Cape Verde.
If we sometimes find ambergris on the coast and in what season and after what time?
(Answer in the margins)
None. If calves or sea wolves, oxen or sea cows are seen and their uses and if they are there in large
numbers?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If sea lions are seen and which are of the same species
and in this case, give a description?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If sometimes whales appear on the coast and if you catch them?
(Answer in the margins)
Sometimes mulardes or blowers but rarely and we take none.
If sea bears are seen there and if merman
(tritons) or mermaids (sir?nes) were caught a few times?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If porpoises are sometimes or often caught there and what color are they?
(Answer in the margins)
We often see them but we very rarely take them. They are like those
in Europe.
If there are a large number of shellfish on the coast and what species?
(Answer
in the margins)
Same as in Guadeloupe.

If we also bring turtle flesh and where does this kind of cured meat come from?(Answerin the margins) Sometimes, they come from Cape Verde and Tabac (Tobago?) but rarely.What fish species do we see in Martinique for which there is fishing of some importancefor the food of the inhabitants? Make a list of the names of all the fish such as thazard, sardes, beaumes, dorades, etc. and mark those which are most common and in greatest number.(Answer in the margins) The same as in Guadeloupe.If there are a lot of crocodiles and lizards?(Answer in the margins) No crocodiles, a few lizards.If the first are dangerous and if they leave the waters to come ashore to find their food? If we sell lizards publicly to eat them and make stews or in what other ways do we prepare them?
(Answer in the margin)
We rarely sell them, there are few large ones that can be eaten, but there
are large quantities of small ones called anolis of which houses are full even though cats destroy them. We prepare them like chickens, in fricassee.
If green and dry cod are brought to Martinique and where does it come from? (Answer in the margins)
Some green comes from Canada and around 2000 quintals per year of dry cod which is not enough for a quarter of what would be consumed.
If other kinds of salted fish are brought there, what are they and where do they come from?
(Answer in the margins)
We sometimes bring thazard,vieille and other fish from Cape Verde.
If we sometimes find ambergris on the coast and in what season and after what time?
(Answer in the margins)
None. If calves or sea wolves, oxen or sea cows are seen and their uses and if they are there in large
numbers?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If sea lions are seen and which are of the same species
and in this case, give a description?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If sometimes whales appear on the coast and if you catch them?
(Answer in the margins)
Sometimes mulardes or blowers but rarely and we take none.
If sea bears are seen there and if merman
(tritons) or mermaids (sir?nes) were caught a few times?
(Answer
in the margins)
None.
If porpoises are sometimes or often caught there and what color are they?
(Answer in the margins)
We often see them but we very rarely take them. They are like those
in Europe.
If there are a large number of shellfish on the coast and what species?
(Answer
in the margins)
Same as in Guadeloupe.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

If there are also mussels and oysters of what species and if there are mother-of-pearls? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe. There are land turtles and what if they are very big? (Answer in the margins). It is already mentioned above. If there are a lot of land crabs and soldiers and, in what season of the year do they come to lay their eggs on the coast and when do they change their shells?(Answer in the margins) Very large quantity of crabs. It's a boon for the country. There are many soldiers in Saint Lucia where they make oil, just like in Guadeloupe for changing shells.A state of the most ordinary seabirds around the island? (Answer in the margins) Same as in Guadeloupe so as not to make unnecessary answers.Finally provide as much detail as possible of everything that can pertain to this matter either for the product or the way of fishing with vaire, nets, fire, brazin and stagnant bait? The people who will be responsible for responding to this memorandum are asked to fill in what might have been omitted in the questions and requests that have just been made on this matter, to do so as accurately as possible. With knowledge, it will be possible for them. And if they know some interesting particularities about fisheries and its trade, they will ask the public to share with them as well as their knowledge on this subject, using only certain, reliable, and proven facts in a general history of fisheries on which we have been working for several years. (Answer in the margins) Responded to Fort Royal by us intendant of the Windward Islands on October 8, 1722. Signed Benard.

We could fish for turtles all year round but most of this fishing, which is now very little, is done from March to September inclusive. We do this fishing in three ways, namely with a folle, a net shaped like a seine, the meshes are square and about a foot and a half large. There is lead on one of the ribs of the folle and light wood on the other to hold it taut. Both ends are stopped with rocks attached by ropes. The turtle while coming and going gets trappedin this net which sometimes stays in the sea for weeks. The fishermen visit them every day to find out if the fishing has been successful. There are also sharks, devils (diables) or slippers (pantoufles) made for the body like the two pieces, but the beast is different in that it has at the end a piece of cartilage a foot long and sometimes more depending on the size of this fish. These three species of fish are worthless to eat. Their liver is only good for making combustible oil and their skin is like a big hide

We could fish for turtles all year round but most of this fishing, which is now very little, is done from March to September inclusive. We do this fishing in three ways, namely with a folle, a net shaped like a seine, the meshes are square and about a foot and a half large. There is lead on one of the ribs of the folle and light wood on the other to hold it taut. Both ends are stopped with rocks attached by ropes. The turtle while coming and going gets trappedin this net which sometimes stays in the sea for weeks. The fishermen visit them every day to find out if the fishing has been successful. There are also sharks, devils (diables) or slippers (pantoufles) made for the body like the two pieces, but the beast is different in that it has at the end a piece of cartilage a foot long and sometimes more depending on the size of this fish. These three species of fish are worthless to eat. Their liver is only good for making combustible oil and their skin is like a big hide

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws

the tail about two feet. It is a dish that we eat in fricassee like chickens and toads, a type of frog that we catch in the woods but without being delicate. We can say that it is not very good to carefully examine the flesh of these insects. They are strictly made of colored mucus and more condensed than ordinary mucus. We bring dried cod to Martinique. It comes from Cape Briton Island. We also bring, but rarely, green cod. This cod is the species that is dried and not the species that is caught on the GreatBank. No other kind of salted fish is brought to these islands than sometimes some vieille, thazard and other fish from Cape Verde. There is no ambergris found in the Windward Islands. We do not see in the Windward Islands sea calves, wolves, oxen and cows in the sense that we understand. We don't see any sea lions there either. We sometimes see whales on these coasts, but they are small. We didn't catch any. Some blowers were stranded there by chance.We never heard of sea bears, and we see neither merman (triton) nor mermaid (sir?ne). There are some porpoises there. We catch few of them and they are such as those we see in the European seas. There are several kinds of shells among others, oysters which reproduce to tree branches called mangles. These oysters taste great. There are wonderfully hard clams. There are no mussels. There used to be a lot of crabs growing in the Windward Islands, but they have been so depopulated that they are now stopped there except on the islands inhabited by the Caribbean. There are three types of land crabs. Whites whose season is from April to mid-December. After which, they retreat into their holes to change scales. We then call them bourdi?re and they are big and very good. The red ones appear towards the end of December and retreat towards the end of April into their holes. They are not as esteemed as whites for eating boiled in water and salt but, for fricassees andbisque (soup). The reds are better than the whites. The red crab bisques are as good as the crayfish bisques in France. The third is the paletonier crab. They are purple and have very full paws