The electrical eel: or, gymnotus electricus. Inscrib'd to the Honourable Members of the R***l S*****y / by Adam Strong, Naturalist [i.e. J. Perry].

  • James Perry
Date:
1777
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Credit: The electrical eel: or, gymnotus electricus. Inscrib'd to the Honourable Members of the R***l S*****y / by Adam Strong, Naturalist [i.e. J. Perry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    See the high prieftefs of our fhore, Who of this fifh hath gorged more, v Than is in Shannon’s river : See C—g—s he droops within her arms, Says, fighing o’er her faded charms, No Eel can flalh * for ever. And She, moft virtuous dame, Rifes and leaves her man of And madly throws herfdf awayf A blot to female fame* * By the advertifement, the Eel is grown fo feeble this cold weather f9 that the fpark is only extracted three times a week. f The firft Edition of this Poem was publifhed in March.