146 EEL. Class IV. 



them to have been congers, fince the enormous fifh 

 they defcribe, have all been taken at the mouths 

 of the Thames or Medway, 



The eel is the mod univerfal of fifh, yet is fcarce 

 ever found in the Danube, tho' it is very common 

 in the lakes and rivers of Upper Aufiria. 



The Romans held this fifh very cheap, probably 

 from its likenefs to a fnake. 



Vos anguilla manet longae cognatacolubrx*, 

 Vernula riparum pinguis torrente cloaca. 



For you, is kept a fink-fed fnake-like eel. 



On the contrary, the luxurious Sybarites were fo 

 fond of thefe fifh, as to exempt from every kind 

 of tribute the perfons who fold them f. 



* Juvenal. Sat. v. 10 3. 



f Athenaus. Lib. xii. t. C21. 



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Kcyyfoi. 



