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Rev. Dr. Fleming, in Zetland, and in St. Andrew's Bay, 

 Scotland ; it was also observed by Montagu on the coast 

 of Devon ; and by Mrs. Dawson Turner, who noticed it at 

 Yarmouth, and pointed it out to Mr. J. D. C. Sowerby 

 as distinct from the common prawn. " It is used," says 

 Dr. Leach, " at Yarmouth as an article of food ; and 

 is at that place so much esteemed for the table, as to 

 afford constant employment during the summer season to 

 several fishermen, who take it in abundance at a consider- 

 able distance from the shore, and name it from that 

 circumstance the sea-shrimp.' 1 '' 



The extent of the range of this species is very remark- 

 able. Dr. Milne Edwards mentions its being an inhabitant 

 of Iceland. We see above that Dr. Fleming obtained it at 

 Zetland ; I have specimens taken by Mr. M'Andrew and 

 Professor Forbes about the same locality; and it is found 

 commonly on the southern coasts of England. Mr. Couch 

 admits it into his Cornish Fauna, and gives it the ex- 

 pressive name of " ^Esop-shrimp " (another proof of its 

 affinity to Hippolyte). I have specimens from Poole 

 Harbour, in Dorsetshire, and on the Norfolk coast it is 

 constantly taken and sold as a " prawn." I have occa- 

 sionally known it brought to the London markets, where, 

 however, it is usually seen of small size. As an Irish 

 species, it is stated to occur in Mr. J. Vaughan Thompson's 

 collection; and Mr. William Thompson adds, " It has been 

 taken commonly by Mr. Hyndman and myself in the rock 

 pools accessible at low water throughout the Down coast, 

 and has been dredged by us in deep water on the north- 

 east coast, and in Killery Bay, Connemara. Mr. R. Ball 

 has specimens from the shores about Dublin." 



