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The peri is another fresh water fish ; its length is about 

 eighteen inches, and its breadth, for it is flat, about three 

 inches ; it has a broad head and large mouth, armed with 

 long sharp teeth ; it has four fins, one pair on the belly just 

 below the head, a single fin on the back, and another at the 

 end of the tail. It is very formidable to swimmers, as it bites 

 at every thing in its reach, and instances are related of women 

 having a breast taken off by this fish. 



The queriman, a fish about the size and equally as good 

 as a salmon, is caught on the coasts with a cast net in shallow 

 water. . 



■ The galvanic eel, so remarkable for the power of giving a 

 sensation similar to the electric shock to any one who touches 

 it, is commonly about three feet in length, and twelve inches 

 in circumference at the largest part of the body. Its skin is 

 smooth, without scales, and of a light blue colour. From 

 seven or eight inches below the body to the end of the tail, it 

 gradually tapers to a point, and the body separated from the 

 fins is almost round. It has three fins, one pair on the back 

 of the head, and a long single fin on the belly, which reaches 

 from the head to the tail, and which diminishes in size with 

 the body. Its head is as large as the largest circumference of 

 the body, and flatted on the upper and lower sides, on the 



