INDEX. 



A. 



Aj^emone, the, 44 



Anthozoa, the living blossoms of the 



ocean, 31. 

 Apicius, his love of crabs, 3 ; his 



journey to Africa in search of 



crayfisli, 103. 

 Apus protluctus, his curious habits, 



88. 

 Australia, a land of contradictions, 



66, 67. 

 Ava, wreck of the, 111, 112; diving 



for the treasure, 112. 



B. 



Baby Crabs, their curious forms 

 and habits, 4. 



Baits, different kinds of, 19. 



Beche-de-mer, the 69 ; in great re- 

 quest in China, 69. 



Billingsgate Market, 81 ; number of 

 lobsters brought to, 94, 95. 



Birgus latro, the, 45 ; his habits, 48, 

 51. 



Bismuth, change of colour effected 

 by, 27. 



Boat's creeper, use of the, 11. 



Boiling of crabs, 25 ; on the change 

 of colour during the process, 26. 



Bopyrus crangorum, a parasite crus- 

 tacean, 87. 



Biu^'owing crabs, 45, 57. 



Cancer of the Zodiac, 1 ; repre- 

 sentation of the, 1, 2 ; depicted in 

 heraldic devices, 3. 



Cancer dentatas, the, 63. 



Canecr imgurus, the edible crab of 

 the shops, 8. 



" Cape pigeons," G6. 



"Cape salmon," 66. 



Cardiinn exignum, 43. 



Chads, capture of, 18. 



Chemistry, judgments created by, 

 27. 



Clierry of Australia, 67. 



Cochineal bug, colour produced by 

 tlie, 27. 



Cocoa-nut eating crab, the, 45, 46, 

 48. 



Colour, change of, in boiling crabs, 

 26. 



Colours produced by different agen- 

 cies, 27. 



Columbus, anecdote of, 67. 



Conger eels, their habits, 102. 



Coral-formed islands of the South 

 Seas, 51. 



Coral reefs, marine creatures of the, 

 30. 



Cork-float, use of the, 19. 



Crabbe, the poet, lines from, 31. 



Crabbers, the professional ones, 9, 

 11. 



Crab-fishing, account of, 10, 11 • 

 materials to be provided, 11 ; by 

 juveniles, 28; to be pursued at 

 very low tides, 79. 



Crab-hook, use of the, 22. 



Crab-hunting expedition, 49. 



Crab-pots, or baskets for capturing 

 crabs, 9, 11; of great utility, 14. 



Crab-sausages, the Roman method 

 of preparing, 3. 



Crab whelks, 34. 



Crabs, historical notices of, 1, et 

 seq.; the "Cancer" of the ancients, 

 2 ; the baby crabs, or Zoea, 4 ; 

 internal economy as curious as his 

 external skeleton, 5 ; his liver an 

 odd organ, ib. ; his lungs or gills, 

 6 ; the shell-shifting process of, 

 ib. ; his unenviable position be 

 tween the loss of his old shell and 

 tlie secret of a new one, 7 ; the 

 large edible crab of the shops, the 

 most important member of the 

 crab family, S ; the various me- 

 thods by which crabs can be 



