CONTENTS. 



P1GZ 



Prefatory Remarks 1 



Classification ... ... 7 



PART I. ORIGIN OF THE SILVER EEL. 

 CHAPTER I. 



" Hair Eels," curiosity excited respecting 14 



The Eel Beetle discovered in the act of parturition ... 17 



CHAPTER II. 



Theory tested by Experiment 20 



Time required for the Development of the Eel ... 25 

 CHAPTER HI. 



Wisdom of the Creator exemplified 28 



Description of the Eel Beetle 28 



Eels found in Mosses, Moors, Marshes, &c., accounted 



for 29 



The Silver Eel a Neuter ~ ... 30 



Migratory Habits of the Eel ... 31 



The Lamprey Eel ... 32 



The Sandling Eel 33 



Mistake of early Naturalists 33 



CHAPTER IV. 



Wine-coloured Beetle 34 



The Eel not a Parasite 36 



Two Natures of the Eel Beetle 37 



