I 
THE 
EEL VIBRIO. 
Generic Character. 
AAiyialcule inconfpicuous to the naked eye, fimple, 
round, elongated. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Subpellucid filiform VIBRIO, attenuated at each 
extremity. 
EELS in Pafte. 
Baker, micr. p. 8l. 
TLmpl. for micr. p. 244. pi. 10. n. g. 
EELS in Vinegar. 
Hook micr. pi. 25. fig. 2. 
The animalcule which forms the fubjedt of the 
prefent plate has long been known to microfcopical 
obfervers. It is found in great plenty in pafte com- 
pofed of flour and water, and which has been Of¬ 
fered to become acefcent. The general refemblance 
which this fpecies bears to an Eel has almoft univer- 
fally led microfcopical writers to diflinguifh it by 
that title. Its motions are rapid and ftrong: the body 
is tranfparent, except where the inteftines appear. 
It is viviparous, and produces at intervals a nume¬ 
rous 
