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CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



take place at regular and stated intervals in the lives 

 of the larger Crustacea, as rapidity of growth in par- 

 ticular individuals would tend to accelerate the period 

 for change, and it appears probable, from the number 

 and size of the marine molluscse constantly found 

 adhering to the shells of fully-matured specimens 

 (oysters of even six years' growth having been so dis- 

 covered), that the changes of shell become less fre- 

 cj^uent as age advances. 



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The most important member of the Crab family, in 

 a commercial and gustatory point of view, found in 

 this country, is the large edible Crab of the shops. 

 Cancer pagu7'us, the subject of the annexed illustra- 

 tion; and its capture not only gives employment to 



