310 EELS IN PASTE. 



best known, are the Eels in paste, which are seldom so 

 much as the tenth part of an inch in length, and are 

 sometimes found^in immense numbers in sour paste. They 

 are extremely active animals, and move about in every 

 direction, with wonderful strength and rapidity. It is a 

 singular circumstance respecting Eels in paste, that in 

 the summer-time they produce living offspring, and that 

 during the colder seasons of the year they have eggs. 

 They are distinguished from all the other species, by 

 having a dark shield on the back, surrounded with a 

 white ring; and by being blunt at the head. 



How wond'rous is this scene ! where all is form'd 

 With number, weight, and measure ! all design'd 



For some great end ! Each moss, 



Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank 

 Important in the plan of Him who ftam'd 

 This scale of beings ; holds a rank, which lost 

 Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap, 

 Which Nature's self would rue. 



THE END. 



J. Hickerby, Printer, Sherbourn Lane. 



