is porous, and admits the finer
parts of the surrounding fluid. In
order to reach the muscles, this
cement must be broke with large
hammers, and it may be truly said,
the kernal is not worth the trouble
of cracking the shell.* Among the
fish of this country there is a very
ugly animal of the eel species,
which might pass for a serpent; it is
of a dusky, black colour, marked
with spots of yellow, about
eighteen inches, or two feet long.
The Italians call it murena; but
whether it is the fish which had the
same name among the antient
Romans, I cannot pretend to
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