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cures of his time, were Icud in his praifes : No man's nfit 

 had fo rich a flavour, were fo nicely led, or fo cxaclly pick- 

 led- j^uguflus hearing fo much of this man's entertainments, 

 defired to be his gueft ; and foon found, that fame had 

 been jull to his merits ; the man had indeed fine mursense, 

 and of excellent flavour. The Emperor was defirous of 

 knowing the method by which he fed his filh to fo excel- 

 lent a relill:! j and the glutton, making no fecret of his 

 art, informed him that his way was to throw into hi> 

 pond fuch of his flaves as had at any time difpleafed him. 

 Avgujins^ it is faid, was not much pleafed with his re- 

 ceipt ; and inftantly ordered all his ponds to be filled up, 

 Goldjmith, who narrates this ftory, adds, that it would 

 have ended better, had he ordered the owner to be flung, 

 in alfo *, 



'ihe Sea 'Lamprey f , 



jTkis is a Britt/lj filh, of which the names lampetra^ and' 

 ■betroiny%on^ lately given it, are expreflive of a habit this 

 animal polTefl'es of fucking and adhering to llones J. The 

 mouth is of a round form, placed rather obliquely below 

 the nofe, and refembling that of a leech. Like that ani- 

 mal, it pofTefTes the extraordinary power of flicking to- 

 any fubftance to which it is applied ; and that with fuch 

 nrmnefs, as not to be drawn off without fome diffi- 

 culty ►, 



•*' Goldfmlth's Nat. Hid. 



•}• Petromyzon Marinus, Lin. Syft. La Lamproye de Mer. Belon, 

 % The fiift latnpetra, a lambcndo petras ; and the ether, from Ilerjs; zv-l 

 mVfetit), bscaule they are luppofcd to lick the rocks^ 



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