[85] In the instructions given by the Lords Generals, the Earl of Essex and Charles Lord Howard, Lord High Admiral of England, to the captains of the ships composing the expedition to Cadiz, in 1596, the second article runs thus: Item—You shall forbid swearing, brawling, dicing, and such like disorders, as may breed contention and disorder in your ship, wherein you shall also avoid God’s displeasure and win his favour.
[86] The early painters and sculptors, and others who deal in “naval attributes,” have treated the dolphin very ill; Sir Richard’s description, if studied, might have amended the monsters given out to the public as dolphins.
[87] A shoal or scull of fish; that is, separated from the main body. This is Horne Tooke’s derivation. We think the term is more commonly applied to the main body itself.
[88] Fisgig or grains—a small trident used for striking fish. From the Spanish fisga.
[89] Pouch or stomach.
[90] One species produces its young alive: others in a hard membraneous pouch.
[91] This enmity betwixt sailors and sharks still exists, and the interest attending their capture is great.
[92] Probably a small cask.
[93] The man-of-war bird, or cormorant—Pelecanidæ. On the coast of Brazil, in latitude twenty-four, are the Alcatrasse islands.
[94] Xiphias—the sword or snout is about three-tenths of his whole length.