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TK£ SAXD-EEL, 



Genus XVIL— 7/^e Sand-Eel, or Lance*, 



1 HESE fiflies fomewhat refemble the eel in their extern?! 

 foi-m, as their name imports. They are dug or hooked 

 up from the fancl in the fliallow pools that are left by the 

 reflux of the tide, commonly for bait, though they 

 are themfelves reckoned delicate food. The fand-ecl has 

 frequently been found in confiderable quantity in the 

 belly of the porpefle, which confirms the account we gave 

 of that animal digging up the fand in fearching for its 

 prey. Lhinc^us has only one fpecies belonging to this 

 genus, that which we frequently fee dug up along our 

 ihores. 



The body is nearly a foot long, of a fquare form, but 

 rounded towards the iides, which are divided, each by a 

 Urait line proceeding from the head, and terminating in 

 the tail ; the lower jaw projects beyond the upper, and 

 when extended, the gape of the animal is very wide j 

 there are no teeth, the long fharp tongue moving in a 

 mouth entirely fmooth ; the pecloral fins are placed near 

 the gills ; the dorfal and the anal fins are fupported by 

 numerous rays, and proceed nearly as far back as the 

 tail f . 



* Ammodytes Tobianus. Lin. Syft. Ammodytes Gefneri 

 f Willough. p. 114. 



