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tipper parts of thefe rivers, where the 

 waters are frefh, withtiut tying a nap- 

 kin or handkerchief about the waift : 

 this precaution, however, is not made 

 ufe of by the Indians in fwimming ; but 

 they take care to continue in motion 

 whilft they are in the water *, by which 

 ttleans the fifh are frighted, and kept at 

 a diftance* 



There are likewife hear the coaft, 

 and in the rivers of Guiana, Saw-fi£h, 

 Flounders, Brafilian Soles, Surinam 

 Mackarelj Drummers, Old-wifes* Mul- 

 lets, a fpecies of .Anchovies, Shrimps* 

 and variety of other Frefh and Salt-wa- 

 ter Fifh, which I have not obferved 

 with fufficient accuracy to defcribe mi- 

 nutely. There is one, however, of the 

 Eel tribe, which deferves particular at- 

 tention, and which I fhall beg leave tor 

 call the Torporific Eel, till it is diftin- 

 guifhed by a more proper name. 



This 



