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Eels

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  • Two men in a rowing boat are attacked by a giant eel. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
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    The caudal heart of the eel ... / by Thomas Wharton Jones.

    Jones, Thomas Wharton, 1808-1891. | Date: [1867?]
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    An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: 1565 | Reference: 25651i
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    Two men in a rowing boat are attacked by a giant eel. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.

    Wigfull, W. Edward. | Date: 1908 | Reference: 571906i
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    Ten fishes, including an electric eel, sea horse, lamprey and lump fish. Engraving by I. Taylor.

    | Reference: 42233i
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    Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament, why stock-fish and live eels should be imported into England : Notwithstanding the same being at present prohibited by the act, which prohibits the importation of Irish cattle and forreign fish.

    | Date: [between 1679 and 1680]
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