376 INDEX. 



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Eels will escape through small orifices, 144 



given by Bishop of Ely to the monks, t&. 



bobbing for, how performed, 148 



sniggling for, 149, 150 



large, 157 



bitten by one, ib. 



tongs or forceps for holding, 152 



how to kill, ib. 



generation of, ib. and 153 



will pass over land, ib. 



Electric, 158 to 167 



variously estimated as food, 167 



trickery respecting, 168 



varieties of the Anguillidae, ib. 



adventure of a countess with, 169 



to braise, 347 



to collar, 348 



to stew, 351 



collops of, 35 

 Elvers, in the Avon, Parrot, Mersey, and Severn, 146, 147, 148 



specimens in the Museum of lloyal College of Surgeons 

 England, 148. 



how to cook, 147 



Excise Commissioners seize all the scenery in theatres, and 

 panoramic paintings, 15 



tyrannical conduct, 16 



completely defeated by the Author, 17 



falsehood of the public statement made afterwards in their 



favour, 19 



Englishmen entrapped in France, 177 

 Escape of Author, planned, 183 



completion of, 184, 185 



Electricity, wonders of, the effect upon an infantile mind, 21 

 Echo, described, 89 



Examples of intellect in Fish, 121 to 126 

 Ely Cathedral and Abbey, foundress of, 146 



Flounders, fishing for, 9 



improved by killing, 351 and 355 

 Footpad shot, 20 

 Fecundity of fish generally, 50, 51, 54 



of Oysters, 55 



French Government, judicious encouragement of artificial 

 breeding of fish, 69, 70. 



