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eating when boiled, or broiled in buttered paper, or in a 

 pfC. 



This is also called the hawk's-lill by many, on account 

 of the peculiar form of its nose, which works downwards 

 in some measure. While on the subject of eds, as re- 

 lating to fresh-water fishing, this was mentioned, because 

 h may be sometimes found within the tide's mixture with 

 river waters. It is necessary to remark, that there is a 

 fifth kind of eel, completely a sea fish, called 



The Congor Eel. 



This enormous fish, which sometimes weighs 100 

 pounds^ or more, is sometimes caught on our shores. It 

 is very common among the islands on the French coast, 

 where they take it in the net, or with the hook. 



It is quite a matter of chance when the congor bites j 

 t)Ut in general, you may expect them when you bait with 

 a small sea Jish on a proportionate hook ; letting your 

 bait lay among the large fissures in the rocky bays. Give 

 time to gorge, and pull up quick, so as to prevent your 

 line being cut. 



Some shoot the congor, when brought to the surface 3 

 it being no very easy matter to get him into the boat, or 

 to keep him there. At all events, he must be well beaten 

 with a good pole, taking care not to strike near the line. 



The congor is extremely powerful, and will take some 

 strength to hold him in : his bite is very sharp, and he 

 uses his teeth very freely. 



In places where they abound, they sometimes get 



hooked by attacking mackerel) whitings, &c. that have 



taken your bait ; but you must not expect to get them 



in ; for they commonly are too strong to be held by the 



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