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their undeviating course. On their seaward journey they are in full vigour and 

 fine condition, and this is the time when they are caught in great numbers for 

 the table. Their flesh, which is of the purest whiteness, is highly esteemed, 

 but, like that of all crustaceous animals, is rather difficult of digestion. Return- 

 ing from the coast, they are exhausted, poor, and no longer fit for use. They 

 then retire to their burrows, and slough, or shed their shells, after which opera- 

 tion, and while in their soft state, they are again sought by epicures. Seeing 

 they are so much valued as an article of food, it is not surprising that their num- 

 bers should be exceedingly diminished, or quite extinguished, in populous islands, 

 where multitudes are annually consumed, before they have deposited their eggs 

 for the continuance of the species. Besides this cause of diminution, they are 

 destroyed in great numbers by other animals, and numbers of them perish from 

 exhaustion and injury on their homeward progress. When the eggs are hatched, 

 the young in like manner seek the hills, and pursue the course of life peculiar to 

 ibeir nice.— Sheffield Iris, Oct. 24, 1837- 



BOTANY. 



An Apple, grown by James Nosworthy, of St. Sidwell's, Exeter, was last 

 week plucked from a tree in his garden, of the extraordinary size of 17 1 inches 

 in circumference, and weighing lib. 3|oz. 



Large Apple. — We have seen an Apple sent to Mr. Graham, farmer, Mast- 

 haugh, from the state of Cincinnati, in America, which weighs upwards of a 

 pound and a half! It is of the species called the Green Pippin, and has a pecu- 

 liarly pleasant smell ; when fresh from the tree, it must have weighed at least 

 two pounds. It is now in the shop of Mr. Turnbull, seedsman, George-street. 

 —Perth Chronicle. 



Large Cabbage. — There is to be seen growing at Aislaby Hall, in the garden 

 belonging to the Rev. Thomas Hayes, a Cabbage, produced from one seed, 

 which measures in circumference 22 feet 7 inches, and stands 5 feet 6 inches. 



An Extraordinary Turnip. — Last week, a Turnip of the common white 

 stone kind, was taken up in the field of Mr. Thomas Park, of Pickering, which 

 measured 42 inches in circumference, and weighed 211bs. It is allowed by se- 

 veral persons who have seen it to be the largest ever seen in that neighbour- 

 hood. 



Remarkable Produce. — A Potatoe weighing 12 ounces, and having eleven 

 eye^ on it, was cut into eleven sets and planted in a garden at Harewood, on the 

 1 6th of May last, and the produce was taken up on the 4th of December, when 

 there were three hundred in number, besides some small ones about the size of 

 Walnuts. The 300 weighed 9lb. 1 2oz. 



