. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . e row of very fmall teeth :upon the fnout there are two apertures, and above theeyes other two ; the former, as is fuppofed, are the organsof fmell, and the latter of hearing J. The ancients be-lieved that this animal was endowed with a very acutefenfe of hearing, and cnat the fifliermen could allure it tothe brmk of the water by hiffing, and by that meanstake i*: \. Like the other fifties of this genus, it wants the peftoraland ventral fins ; but a little beyond the head there ari-fes a fin, which flretehes along
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . e row of very fmall teeth :upon the fnout there are two apertures, and above theeyes other two ; the former, as is fuppofed, are the organsof fmell, and the latter of hearing J. The ancients be-lieved that this animal was endowed with a very acutefenfe of hearing, and cnat the fifliermen could allure it tothe brmk of the water by hiffing, and by that meanstake i*: \. Like the other fifties of this genus, it wants the peftoraland ventral fins ; but a little beyond the head there ari-fes a fin, which flretehes along the back to the tail, andturns round to the belly, terminating at the anus : Thisfin is covered with the common legument of the body,and is eafily laid bare by flaying the animal. The bite of the niuraena was deemed fo poifonous bythe fifhermen, that in taking the animal, they ufed everyprecaution to prevent its effects : They tumbled them im-mediately • Muraena omnium autftorum. Will. IchthyoL f Tiuoa. TO fivouv. Vide Macrob. ^ Will. J). 103. § Plinii. Hift, Nat. PJate n.
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