354 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



grown, one of which had a foot bitten off, when young, 

 by an Eel. From some unknown cause, a number of these 

 Eels have recently died in the ditches. The Bermudians 

 have a prejudice against Eels, and never eat them ; conse- 

 quently the island fishing boats never bring them in. 



Note. — Captain H. M. Drummond, so frequently men- 

 tioned in these notes, assumed the name of Hay after 

 leaving the 42nd Royal Highlanders, and is now known 

 as Colonel H. M. Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, Perth, 

 Scotland. 



Colonel Drummond-Hay, at much labour and expense, 

 examined the waters of Bermuda, and made beautiful 

 drawings of the fishes there found. These drawings, one 

 hundred in number, were kindly lent to the Smithsonian 

 Society, of Washington, United States, in January, 1878, 

 and the following extract I take from " Proceedings of 

 the United States National Museum," by G. Goode and 

 Tarleton H. Bean. Page 173: "The National Museum 

 possesses two specimens of a Serranoid Fish apparently 

 undescribed, for which we purpose the name of Epinephelus 

 Drummond- H 'ay i, dedicating the species to Colonel Drum- 

 mond-Hay, of Seggieden, Perth, Scotland, formerly of the 

 British Army, by whom the species were discovered at 

 the Bermudas in 185 1." 



" A collection of water-colour drawings, lent to the 

 Smithsonian Institution by Colonel Drummond-Hay, con- 

 tains an excellent sketch of one of these fishes, which was 

 taken by him on the outer reef of the Bermudas in 1851. 

 This specimen weighed fifty-two and a half pounds. The 

 drawing is on the scale of one-fifth." 



This is followed by a scientific description of the 

 specimens here mentioned. 



