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the appearance of thefe fifh in ponds that never were 
ftocked with them, and that were even fo remote as 
to make their being met with in fuch places a pha- 
nomenon that they could not folve. But there is 
much reafon to believe, that many waters are fup- 
plied with thefe fifth by the aquatic fowl of prey, in 
the fame manner as vegetation 1s {pread by many of » 
the land birds, either by being dropped as they 
carry them to feed their young, or by paffing quick 
thro’ their bodies, as is the cafe with herons; and 
fuch may be occafion of the appearance of thefe 
fifh in places where they were never feen before. As 
to their immediate generation, it has been fufficiently 
proved to be effected in the ordinary courfe of na- 
ture, and that they are viviparous. 
They are extremely voracious, and very deftruc- 
tive to the fry of fith. 
No fith lives fo long out of water as'the eel : it is 
extremely tenacious of life, as its parts will move a 
confiderable time after they are flayed and cut into 
pieces. 
_ The eel is placed by Linngus in the genus of Mu- 
_ rena, bis firft of the apodal fith, or fach which want 
*¢the ventral fins, |...’ 
The eyes are placed not remote from the end of 
the nofe: the irides are tinged with red: the under 
jaw is longer than the upper: the teeth are {raall, 
fharp, ah numerous : beneath each eye is a minute 
orifice: at the end of the nofe two others, {mall and 
tubular. 
This 
Vivipae 
TOUS. 
Defcr. 
