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of Eels Hiding up them and the Polls adjacent, not* 
withftanding they all flood perpendicular to the 
Horizon, and 5 or 6 Feet above the Surtace of the 
Pool below the \Va r er-works. They afeended thefe 
Pofts and Gutes, until they came into the Dam above: 
And what makes the Matter appear ftill more 
ftrange, they iTd up with the utmoft Facility and 
Readinelsj though many of the Boards and Pofts 
were quite dry, and as imooth as a common Plane 
had left them. 
I obierved, that at firft they thruft their Heads, and 
about half their Bodies, out of the Water, and held 
tlum up againft the Wood work for fome time: I 
imagine, until they found the glutinous Matter, 
which is conftantly about the r Bodies, become fuf- 
ficiendy thick or vifeid, by being expoled to the 
Air, to fuftain their Weight: Then would they be- 
gin to afeend directly upwards, with as much Eafe, 
feemingly, as if they had been Hiding along the level 
Ground 5 and thus they continued to do, until they 
they had got into the Dam above. 
XI. 
