100 CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



nature of an approacliing object, and enables the 

 alarmed squat to seek a safe sanctuary between the 

 rock clefts, from wliich he is by no means easy to with- 

 draw. 



The spined lobster {Palinurus vulgaris), craivfisli, 

 Cray, or crowder, will from its thorn-coated shell, long 



horns, powerful nippers, and generally formidable 

 appearance, be familiar to most of our readers. Like 

 most other crustaceans the Cray delights in a home 

 among rugged sunken rocks, and is taken in the traps 

 laid down for ordinary lobsters and crabs. It not 

 nnfrequently happens whilst line-fishing over sunken 



