It v.-ill be clear .from whr,-b hns been brouf^ht forth that if one 

 shell be able to help the stock by presorviri:; the :nnny gerins of 

 life, then the preservr.tion Must t-nke ain r.t the larval stage. \'e 

 must begin v/here the mother ani^-^1 quits* 



It v;ill be knovm that the lobster goes tl^irough n lorval-devcl- 

 opnento V^'hcn it cones out of the egg it looks more like a shriinp 

 then n lobster e The char r.ct eristic fer.ture is thrt at this stage 

 appendages on the body-feet servd as tools fox' sv/iinning, and at 

 this st-'.ge also they are able to sr/in around freely in the v;r.ter. 

 After the passage of a fevf days the voung lobster shifts its shell, 

 stretches itself out, grows, and gets a zxevT shell. It has then 

 cone up to its second larval stagco At the sane time that it shifts 

 its shell it undergoes & metaiMrphosis, the tail feet begin to gravr 

 forth and the clav;s becor.e larger. The sv.diixiaing feet hov;ever are 

 noi7 insignificant. This development is continued fiu-ther until we 

 come over to the 3d stage, sv/iraning feet are further reduced, the 

 claws become comparatively large and heavy, and the tail-fan noiT 

 begins to develop* 



Yiflien they reach the 4th sta-.',e th.o larval development is over - 

 the young lobster ncv; has taken on the adult lobster's appearance* 



During the larval development and also for the first two days 

 after it has come to the 4th stage, the lobster can swim to and fro 

 up in the water for r short v/hile at a time* In general, one must 

 say that the lobster larvae are su.perior in adjusting ther^selves 

 and they live on and betv/den the stones and seav/eed on the ocean's 

 bottom* 



That tiie lobster for a short time in its existence has the 

 ability to float has a great meaning in natiare's plan of expansion - 

 otherwise the lobster is more stationary. That it has the ability 

 also to swim around after the larval development is passed is also 

 very fortunate, since the lobster-young are better equipped to 

 search out favorable living conditions s In the space of a day or 

 two it Viunts another of its kind on the sea bottom - it lives by 

 preference in the bottom, in that it digs itself into the sand and 

 hides itself \inder stone and shelln As it is greatly cannibalistic^ 

 another extraordinarily large advantage is that the yovmg can dis- 

 perse itself* Yvlien the lobster is to be raised (by rx\n) through a 

 longer period ever the larval stage one must hv.ve one youngster in 

 each oompartmento If yoi-i have more than one in the same compartment 

 the end result will be exactly the samcr, In no time there will be 

 ■ only one left;* 



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Ue shall novi: see how the lobster young are raised at Fl/devigen* 



In the last of June or the first of July they brought in seed 

 lobsters from the large pounds at Lillesand* There they buy only 

 lobsters with eggs that are far advanced in development; one cr.n see 

 the young in the eggo 



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