THE COMMOX EXGLTSII LOBSTEE, 



{Homarus vulgaris) 



As seen on tlie marble slab of the fishmonger, is very 

 imlike his relatives beneath the waves. The curled uji 

 form in whicli he is seen when so exposed is not that 

 usually assumed in its own element, unless in the act 

 of exerting its immense powers of retrograde motion. 

 These are so great that one sudden downward sweep of 

 its curiously constructed, oar-like tail, is sufficient to 

 send it like an arrow, three or four-and-twenty feet, 

 with the most extraordinary precision, thereby enabling 



