In summer they are tolerably plentiful, but for some months past very few have been taken.

Botany Bay in this respect exceeds Port Jackson.

The French once caught near two thousand fish in one day, of a species of grouper, to which, from the form of a bone in the head resembling a helmet, we have given the name of light horseman.

To this may be added bass, mullets, skait, soles, leather-jackets, and many other species, all so good in their kind, as to double our regret at their not being more numerous.

Sharks of an enormous size are found here.