. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. etween him and Augustus Caesar, andcaused the defeat of tlie foimer; and that the Emperor Ca-ligula once suffered a simihir accident, which was the causeof his downfall! If naturalists could be thus easily imposedu])on with respect to the marvelous powers of the remora, itis not surprising that this wonderful fish should have formeda theme for the wonder-loving poet: The sticking-fish beneath, with secret chains,Clung to the keel, the swiftest ship eeanien run ci infused, no lal)or fly the slieets, and lioist
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. etween him and Augustus Caesar, andcaused the defeat of tlie foimer; and that the Emperor Ca-ligula once suffered a simihir accident, which was the causeof his downfall! If naturalists could be thus easily imposedu])on with respect to the marvelous powers of the remora, itis not surprising that this wonderful fish should have formeda theme for the wonder-loving poet: The sticking-fish beneath, with secret chains,Clung to the keel, the swiftest ship eeanien run ci infused, no lal)or fly the slieets, and lioist the topmast master bids them give lier all the sailsTo court the winds and catch the coming though the canvas liellies to the blast,And boisterous winds bear down the cracking bark stands firmly rooted on the sea, ^And will, unmoved, nor winds nor waves obey;Still, as when calms have flatted all the infant waves scarce wrinkle on the main. LESSON X. SOFT-RAYED BO] FISHES, DESTITUTE OF VENTKAL FINS: called The Eei. Family.—1. Klectric Gymnotus, Gymnotus electricns. 2. Conger Eel, Con-ger vulgaris. 3. The Murtena, ^[ll)?cena hclena. .4. American Sand-launce, 5. Sharp-nosed Eel, Amjxiila acutirostris. 1. The third division of the soft-rayed bony fishes is com- Part V. ICHTHYOLOGY, OB FISHES. 257 posed wholly of the Eel family. Yarrell, in his valuable work,thus speaks of this family of fishes : The form of the eel, resembling that of the serpent, has long exciteda prejudice against it, which exi^ in some countries even to the presenttime; and its similarity to snakes has even been repeated by those who,from the advantages of education, and their acquirements in natural his-tory, might have been supposed capable of drawing more accurate conclu-sions. There is but little similarity in the snake and the eel, except in theexternal form of the body: the important internal organs of the two ani-mals, and th
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