THE MURJEKAr 
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cures of his time, were loud in his praifes : No man's filla 
had fo rich a flavour, were fo nicely fed, or fo rxaftly pick- 
led. Auguflus hearingfo much of this man's entertainments, 
defired to be his gueft ; and foon found, that fame had 
been jull to his merits ; the man had indeed fine mursenae, 
and of excellent flavour. The Emperor was defirous of 
knowing the method by which he fed his filh to fo excel- 
lent a relifti ; and the glutton, making no feeret of hia 
art, informed him that his way was to throw into his 
pond fuch of his flaves as had at any time difpleafed him. 
Augujius, it is faid, was not much pleafed with his re- 
ceipt ; and inftantly ordered all his ponds to be filled up. 
Goldfmith, who narrates this ftory, adds, that it would 
have ended better, had he ordered the owner to be flung 
in alfo *„• 
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Ihe Sea Lamprey -f. 
T his is a Britijh fifii, of which the names lampeira , .and 
fetromyxon, lately given it, are expreffive of a habit this 
animal poffeffes of fucking and adhering to ftones J. The 
mouth is of a round form, placed rather obliquely below 
the nofe, and refembling that of a Ifeech. Like that ani- 
mal, it poflefies the extraordinary power of flicking to 
any fubftance to which it is applied ; and that with fuch 
firmnefs, as not to be drawn off without fome diffi- 
culty* 
* Ooldfmith’s Nat. Hill. 
f Petromyzon Marinas. I. in. Syft. La Lamproyc de Mer. Belon. 
f The firft lampetra, a lambendo petras ; and the other, from Usr^i aad 
few, beeaufe they are fuppofed to lick the rocks. 
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