. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE ELECTRIC EEL 283 lays an enormous number of eggs—estimated at ten millions —preferably in salt water; but the young enter fresh water to develop and ascend as far as they can go. The Electric Eel^ of South America is an Eel worth knowing. Having had with it some thrilling experiences, I can speak of it feelingly. Once while canoeing for zoological specimens in the delta of the Orinoco, we entered a large creek flowing into the. fHE ELECTRIC EEL. main stream from the sou
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE ELECTRIC EEL 283 lays an enormous number of eggs—estimated at ten millions —preferably in salt water; but the young enter fresh water to develop and ascend as far as they can go. The Electric Eel^ of South America is an Eel worth knowing. Having had with it some thrilling experiences, I can speak of it feelingly. Once while canoeing for zoological specimens in the delta of the Orinoco, we entered a large creek flowing into the. fHE ELECTRIC EEL. main stream from the south, and ascended it to the head of canoe navigation. It was a clear and beautiful stream, full of zoological wonders, and its Venezuelan name was Canyo del Toro, or Bull Creek. On the way up, our bow boatman checked the speed of the canoe, pointed to a straight, round stick of wood floating in the water about a foot below the sur- face, and said in an awestruck tone, " Tremblador! Grande!" The stick of wood was smooth, barkless and of a bluish- gray color; and in reality it was a large specimen of the renowned and dreaded Electric Eel. Acting on the collector's principle that the first specimen ' Gym-no'tus e-lec' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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