Both Men and Women in thofe Iflands and in the neighbouring main Land, affirm that the Increafe of Milk is likewife taken away by Trouts; if it happen that the Difhes or Pales wherein the Milk is kept, be wafh’d in the Rivulets where Trouts are.
Seems to suggest a relationship between land and sea. Fish here seem to be determining the good fortune or misfortune of the human population.
Fate of people and fish appears interconnected.