57 .-- MUGIL .-- Native name, MERRONG, or MIRRONG.

"The flut-nosed mullet" of the settlers.
This is the finest fish of New Holland that I am acquainted with.

In Wilson's Inlet, about forty miles west of King George's Sound, it abounds in the winter months; and the different tribes, from all parts of the coast, assemble there, by invitation of the proprietors of the ground, (the MURRYMIN,) who make great feasts on the occasion.

The fish attains a weight of three and a-half pounds, and a fat one yields about three quarters of a pound of oil, which the natives use for greasing their heads and persons.

This fish runs up the rivers during the floods, and so becomes very fat.