CHAPTER XIII. 



OBSERVATIONS OF THE EEL, AND OTHER FISH THAT 

 WANT SCALES; AND HOW TO FISH FOR THEM. 



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PlSC. It is agreed by most men, that the Eel is a most 

 dainty fish : the Romans have esteemed her the Helena 

 their feasts, and some the queen of palate pleasure. But 

 most men differ about their breeding : some say they bre< 

 by generation as other fish do, and others, that they bree< 

 as some worms do, of mud ; as rats and mice, and man] 

 other living creatures are bred in Egypt, by the sun's heat 

 when it shines upon the overflowing of the river Nilus ; 



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