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NATURAL HISTORY 
SHEAT FISH. 
The Sheat. Fish frequently grows to a 
very large magnitude, and sometimes weighs 
eighty pounds or upwards. It is much of 
the colour of an eel ; it has only one small 
fin on the hack, and no scales ; the tail is 
forked. Its flesh is much esteemed hy many 
for the agreeableness of its taste ; and is 
sometimes served up at tables after the same 
manner with eels. All seem to agree in 
this, that it is a very voracious fish ; and in 
the rivers and lakes which it inhabits, fre- 
quently makes considerable havoc among 
the smaller tribes. They arc numerous in 
the Danube, and several other rivers in 
Germany ; they are also to be found in the 
lakes of Switzerland and Hungary, 
