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Lower Nile.—Petherick, 1861-1864. 



Lower Nile. — Harrington and Hunt, 1898. 



Island of Warak, 2 miles north of Cairo.— Loat, 19-20.3.99. 



Near Cairo.— Loat, 7.3-6.4.99, 16.6.00. 



Beni Souef.— Loat, 13-27.8.99. 



Assuan.— Loat, 12.9.00. 



Shellal, near Assuan, above the cataract. — Loat, 3.1.00. 



Korosko.— Loat, 29.1.00. 



Tig. 30. 



Outline figure of mature Eel, before breeding, from Lake Menzaleh, and upper views of head in the same 

 specimen (a) and in two from Cairo (6, c), to show variation in the form of the head, a, reduced to f ; 

 b, c, natural size. 



Dr. J. C. Mitchell * says the Eel is found in large numbers at the Gamul entrance 

 of Lake Menzaleh in the month of December. They are then migrating to the sea to 

 spawn, and Dr. Mitchell was informed that a month later crowds of young are caught 

 entering the lake. Mr. Loat found the Eel fairly common in Lakes Menzaleh and 

 Borollos, where it occurs all the year round, and was informed that it also occurs all 

 the year round in Lake Mareotis. He did not find it a common fish anywhere in the 

 Nile, which it ascends as far as the Second Cataract, though between this and the First 

 it is very scarce. 



The following list of native names has been supplied by Mr. Loat : — " Hannash " 

 (^Ua), on Lake Menzaleh, at Kafr-el-Zayat, on Lake Edkou, Lake Mareotis, and 

 Lake Borollos ; " samak taban " or " taban " (^U lL\a*»), at Cairo (this name is also 

 used on Lake Edkou, at Rosetta, Beni Souef, in the Fayum) ; " hie " (*j^), at Assiut, 

 Girga, Nag 'Hamadeh ; " hie el bahr" (^J-H 2jo-), at Assuan ; t; essin fcarg " (^jj ^**,!), 

 between Shellal and Korosko; " aman us lunge gar" (Jjf£J\ ^U), from Korosko to 

 Haifa. 



' Eeport on the Edible Fishes of Lake Menzaleh ' (Cairo, 1895), p. 14. 



