rious kinds of ſea-fiſh juſt ſpawned, and with which that element ſwarms, for ſome miles diſtance from the ſhore, in numbers truly aſstoniſhing. Theſe little creatures come into the rivers like a living ſtream, and in a ſhort time ſwim two or three miles to an amazing height up the country. This they perform in a wonderful manner, ſkipping over ſuch rapid ſtreams, as repel their weak endeavours, from rock to rock, the ſurfaces of which are covered with them: or, ſeeking the ſmoothly gliding ſtream at the ſide of the banks, by degrees aſcend the higheſt parts of the rivers.
The firſt day of the appearance of theſe frey in the rivers they are tranſparent and clear as cryſtal, ſo that every bone in them may be counted, and the movement of their vitals can be plainly diſcerned. The ſecond day after, they loſe much of that tranſparency; and the third or fourth day, it is wholly loſt
