Cl a s s IV. G REY MULLET. 437 



come in great shoals, and keep rooting like hogs 

 in the sand or mud, leaving their traces in form 

 of large round holes. They are very cunning, 

 and when surrounded with a net, the whole 

 shoal frequently escapes by leaping over it, for 

 when one takes the lead, the others are sure to 

 follow : this circumstance is taken notice of by 

 Oppian; whether the latter part of his observa- 

 tion is true, is what we are uncertain. 



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The Mullet, * when encircling seines inclose, 



The fatal threads and treach'rous bosom knows. 



Instant he rallies all his vig'rous powers, 



And faithful aid of every nerve implores ; 



O'er battlements of cork up-darted flies, 



And finds from air th' escape that sea denies. 



But should the first attempt his hopes deceive, 



And fatal space th' imprison'd fall receive, 



Exhausted strength no second leap supplies ; 



Self-doom'd to death the prostrate victim lies, 



Resign'd with painful expectation waits, 



'Till thinner elements compleat his fates. J ONES. 



* Mr. Jones, by mistake, translates it the Barbel. 



