dexter  betwixt  either) "  (Nashe,  Lenten  Stuff e\
is  mentioned  by  Carew  in  company  with  the  burranet : —

**  The  puffin  hatcheth  in  holes  of  the  cliff,  whose  young  ones  are
thence  ferretted  out,  being  exceeding  fat,  kept  salted,  and  reputed  for
fish,  as  coming  nearest  thereto  in  their  taste.    The  burranet  hath  like


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294         The  Animdl'Lore  of  Shdkspeare^s  Time.
