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cures a good-sized and well-flavored fish, at all times when the waters are open to the fishermen, and the' epicure may, here cheaply indulge his appetite with a fresh caught, hard and curdy fish, and find that “ Simpson,” of'Billingsgate popularity, and fish din- ner celebrity, does not hold a monopoly of good fish, nor cheap fish, for here it can be enjoyed in a va- riety of ways, at a price less than Simpson’s waiters demand for looking at your ordinary enjoyment. I About a shilling sterling will get a bushel of oysters in the shell, free from a taste of copper; 'and oyster sauce may be indulged in, without paying too dear for the whistle, for the price of the natives here, it‘ we may for once indulge in a bad pun, is not the price ofthe “ natives” in the old Presser diggins of London. There is another way of cooking codfish, not usually known, it is by stuffing it without cutting it to clean it: it is drawn from the gills, and being stufl'ed, the tail is skewered into its mouth, and in circular form baked. The best way, economically, to-prepare the codfish outlet, is with oatmeal, is a finer flavor, if properly done, is obtained. The cod- fish, when cured, requires very careful soaking; but the Islanders have a very nice breakfast dish, which does .not require so much care, though the more care the more satisfaction, like everything else—the ar-~ ticle is “ codfish cakes.” The fish is soaked for about a day, and then boiled, and while hot, all the. bones drawn out, then pounded up with boiled pota—. toes, it is then rolled out on flour to about an inch thick, dredged, and with a tumbler cutter made into cakes, which are put into hot fat and fried brown on both sides. Some like oil and mustard as a condi- ment, and some only mustard, while a few consider the merits of this dish perfect without addition. In connection with this fish it will be an additional gra- tification to lovers of lobsters that any‘quant-ity can be got here for little more than the trouble of carry- ing them home, and these two may be made agree- able companions in the same plate—“ the curd and the coral,” without having to foot a Greenwich or Blackwall bill, half“ the coppers” thrown out ofthe