1^6 E E L: Class IV. 



them to have been congers, fince the enormous fiih 

 they defcribe, have all been taken at the mouths 

 of the Thames or Medway. 



The eel is the mod univerfal of fifh, yet is fcarce 

 ever found in the Danube^ tho' it is very common 

 in the lake-s and rivers of Upper Atiftria, 



The Romans held this fifh very cheap, probably 

 from its likenefs to a fnake. 



Vos anguilla manet longse cognata colubrs*, 

 Vernula riparum pinguis torrente cloaca. 



For youj is kept a fink-fed fnake-like eel. 



On the contrary, the luxurious Sybarites were fo 

 fond of thefe filh, as to exempt from every kind 

 of tribute the perfons who fold them f. 



* Jwvenal. Saf. V. 103. 



t Athenaus, Lib, xii. /. 521. 



Xsnioi* 



