About the head, efpecially on the fore-part, feveral 

 foramina or pores appear. The whole animal is coated 

 with a fort of mucus, not unlike that of an eel. The 

 Gymnotus is deftitute of apparent fcales ; but the pro- 

 bability is that in a dried lkin prepared in the manner 

 of an eel-fkin the fcales might be found. 



There are fome other fpecies of Gymnoti, which 

 differ very much in their appearance from this : they 

 have no electric power, and are only approximated to 

 this fpecies by their generic character. 



The Gymnotus eledtricus is a native of South Ame- 

 rica, and is principally found in the river Surinam in 

 the province Guiana. 



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