Class VI. WORMS. 



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VII. Slender body, carinated beneath. MTXINE. 



Mouth at the extremity, cirrated. 

 The two jaws pinnated. 

 An adipofe or raylefs fin round the tail, and 

 under the belly. 



M. Lin. Syji. 1080. Putaohl. Faun, Suec. No, 2086. Glutinofa. 



Muf. Ad. Fr. i. 91. tab. viii. /. 4. IS* Gluti^ 



Lampetra caeca. Wil.hlb.iQ7. Rati pifc. 36; nous. 



This fpecies is amply defcribed in the definition ; 

 is about eight inches long. 



Inhabits the ocean •, enters the mouths of fifli, 

 when on the hooks of lines that remain a tide under 

 water, and totally devours the whole, except fkin 

 and bones. The Scarborough fifhermen often take 

 it in the robbed fijb, on drawing up their lines. 

 They call it the bag. Linnaeus attributes to it the 

 property of turning water into glue. Tab. xx. 

 fig. x 5- 



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