Clafs IV. Be) rE) 2) EY Vit 
iv. ti. RB O-NOY BIS ba 
BEA. AW Oo DATs 
Genus XII. Body, long, flender, and flippery. 
Noftrils tubular. 
Back, ventral, and tail fins, united. 
Aperture to the gills fmall, and 
placed behind the pectoral fins. 
Ten branchioftegous rays. EEL. 
J. The E E Li: 
Ey aus. Arif. Hift. an. lib, The Bel. Wil. pife. 109+ Raié 
iv. ¢. 11. Vi. 14. 16. Oppian Syn» pif 37+ 
Halieut. 1. 516. iv. 450. Murena unicolor maxilla in- 
Anguilla Plinii lib. ix. c. 21. feriore longiore. Arted. /yn. 
L’Anguille. Beloz. 291. Ob/. 39: 
ise Morena anguilla, Lin. Af. 
Anguilla. Rondel. fluv. 198. 426. Gronov. Zooph. No. 106. 
Gefner pifc. 40. Ahl. Faun. /uec. No. 301. Aal. 
Ael. Schanevelde, 14. Kram. 387- 
HE eel is a very fingular fith iy feveral things 
that relate to its natural hiftory, and in fome 
refpects 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 
