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82. Perea nllotica ra . ..The Perch of the Nile. 
The Nile, near and above Cairo. The Arabs 
it Kefchr: the French, who dwell in Egypt, 
ariole. 1 he flelh has a fweet and exquifite fla- 
V ,° Ur > and is not hard, but very white. It is one of 
J«e beftfifhes of the Nile; and as it is of the largefl 
, Zs In ^S 7 P r > i c adorns a table, if brought on it en- 
tu 'c, and well fryed. 
83. Perea Luth. The Damiatic Perch. 
Hamiata. The Arabs call it Luth. 
84. Scomber Trachurus n . 
The Mediterranean fea ; Smyrna. 
85. Gaflerofteus Du£tor°. 
F H e Mediterranean. 
86 . Silurus ClariasP. 
It lives in the Nile, and is called Scheilan by the 
j^abians. If it pricks any one with the bone of the 
‘‘call fin, it is dangerous, being poifonous. I have 
, e, i the cook of a Swedilh merchant-lhin die of 
e prick of this fifh. 
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87. Silurus anguillaris < 1 . 
is found in the Nile, about llofetta and Cairo 
e Arabs call it Charmuth. 
f j, Fin. Syft. Nat. P. 290. N. 5 
' 3 o 5 . N. ro. P. 303. N. 5. 
P.298. N. 6. °P. 295.2. 
88. Silurus 
