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AND LOWER EGYPT. 47
mon species are not perceptible : 5thly, they differ
in colour, all the upper part of the head and body
of the eel of the Nile being of a deep black, shin-
ing with a changeable coppery lustre ; the sides of
a lighter hue, with a similar lustre; the under
part of the head and body, of a beautiful and bril-
liant white; and the eyes yellow. The Egyptians
call it in Arabic atiesh, the generic name for the
serpent.
The fishermen of this country make use of dif-
ferent kinds of nets, among which I observed that
which has the shape of a bag, and is called in
France truhle, or trouble.
A turtle was brought to me, that had been
caught at the entrance of the Nile, on the Boghass
itself, by a bait fastened to a large hook. It was
three feet and a half in length,, measuring from the
end of the nose to that of the tail, which was only
two inches long. The greatest breadth of the
animal, including the shell, was two feet. In this
species I readily discovered that which Forskal
has distinguished by the denomination of ihree-
rlawed*. Its finformcd feet are in fact furnished
with three large projecting claws each, of a dull
white colour. The upper jaw has at its extremity
* Tatuih triunguis. ThirU. Forskal, Fauna orient, p. 9.
an
mon species are not perceptible : 5thly, they differ
in colour, all the upper part of the head and body
of the eel of the Nile being of a deep black, shin-
ing with a changeable coppery lustre ; the sides of
a lighter hue, with a similar lustre; the under
part of the head and body, of a beautiful and bril-
liant white; and the eyes yellow. The Egyptians
call it in Arabic atiesh, the generic name for the
serpent.
The fishermen of this country make use of dif-
ferent kinds of nets, among which I observed that
which has the shape of a bag, and is called in
France truhle, or trouble.
A turtle was brought to me, that had been
caught at the entrance of the Nile, on the Boghass
itself, by a bait fastened to a large hook. It was
three feet and a half in length,, measuring from the
end of the nose to that of the tail, which was only
two inches long. The greatest breadth of the
animal, including the shell, was two feet. In this
species I readily discovered that which Forskal
has distinguished by the denomination of ihree-
rlawed*. Its finformcd feet are in fact furnished
with three large projecting claws each, of a dull
white colour. The upper jaw has at its extremity
* Tatuih triunguis. ThirU. Forskal, Fauna orient, p. 9.
an