j^t ^ E E L. Class IV 



D I V. III. BONY FISH. 



Sect. I. APODAL. 



XII. Body long, flender, and Hippery. 

 Noftrils tubular. 



Back, ventral, and tall fins, united. 

 Aperture to the gills fmall, and placed behind the 



pedloral fins. 

 Ten branehioftegous rays. 



53. Common, ^y^]^^^, j^iji. Hijl, an. lib. The Eel. Wil pifc. 109. Rait 



IV. c. II. VI. 14. 16. Jyn. pi/c. 37. 



Oppian Halieut. 1, 516. IV. Mursna unicolor maxilla in- 



450. feriore longiore, Arted.fyn. 



Anguilla Plinii Lib, IX. r. 2 1 . 39. 



L' Anguille. ^f/o«, 291. Obf. Muraena anguilla. Lin. fyfi. 



55. 426. Grano^j. Zaoph. No. 



Anguilla. Rondel, fiiu. 198. 166. 



Ge/ner pifc. 40. Ahl. Fau}t. Suec. No. 301. 



Ael. Scho?:e-v£Jde, 14, Aal. Kram. 387. 



THE eel is a very fingular filh in feveral 

 things that relate to its natural hiftory, 

 and in fome refpedls borders on the nature of the 

 reptile tribe. 



It is known to quit its element, and during 

 night- to wander along the meadows, not only for 



change 



