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This little fpecies is generally found with the Mangrove oyfler?, in their fhclls, 

 where they always live in plenty, and fpawn at the regular leafons; and iuch as cat the 

 oyfters, do not think them a hit the worfe for being accompanied with fome thele 

 crabs, which they fwallow with the filh. They are very fmall and tender, iind nearly 

 of the fame length and breadth, feldom exceeding a quarter of an inch either way. 



CANCER 2. Minor fcutd fubquadratd nitidd var.~ gat a, 



margin* ad anguhs anterior -es denticuh gc-\ The Turtle-Crab. 

 mino utrmque armatd. Tab. 42. f. 1. 



I found this infect on the back of a turtle, near the weftern iflands. The whole 

 length of the trunk is not much above an inch, and the breadth of the body is 

 nearly as much. 



CANCER 3. Maximus chelis vaginalis. 



The comb- clawed Crab. 



This fpecies is both rare and curious ; it is very large, and the claws are grooved 

 one fide and indented on the other, fo as to reiemble a comb and comb- cafe 

 fome meafure. 



CANCER 4. Minor pedibus & chelis longiffimis /f->The larger long-ibank- 



nui [Jimifqu e y fcutd antice ferrate-/ ed Crab with delicate 

 dent at a, in aculeum maximum u-C prickly arms, and flen- 

 trinque dejintns. Tab. 47. f. 1. J der toothed claws. 



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rare and beautiful fpecies was 



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St. Marys; the (hell 



above an inch 



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quarter in length, tho' the extremities of th 



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thorns be near two inches afunder 



ge lateral 





CANCER 5. Minimus corpore fubrctimdo, cruribus om- 

 nibus longiffimis & tenuiffimis. 



The Spider- Crab. 



I have feen this beautiful little fpecies in Dr. FothergeVs Mufeura. The body is 

 fmall and roundiih, and feldom above half an inch either way. All the limbs are 



{lender and delicate, in proportion to the fize of the body, and commonly be- 

 tween two and three inches in length. 



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CANCER 6. Scuta antice fe 



aculeo maj 



trinque injlrafid 



This fpecies is very common in all the harbours of J 

 good part of the food of the negro hfhermen. 



The common Sea- Crab 



or Sherigo. 



imaica* and furniilieth 



CANCER 7. Scuta tenui fubrotwidd lineis rubris va-) The large long-fhank- 



gatd denticuh uno vel altero poft ocu-£ ed Crab with a va- 



Jos utrinque armatd. 



negated (lie! I. 



This fort is not frequent in any of the harbours of Jamaica, but the (hell is 

 often found on the outward fandy beeches, at the Palija does. It is of a moderate 

 fize, and the fhell moft beautifully variegated. 



The Trunk-Crab. 



CANCER 8. Maximus fubvemicofus, chelis majoribus 



comprejjis dentatis. 

 Cancer, &c. Catefb. ii. t. 36. 



The body of this curious fhelUfifh is large and roundifli; and when it 

 contracts its flatted claws, which lie clofe under the fore and lateral parts of 

 the Jcuta, it feems but one continued fhell, and has a very different appearance 



from any other forts of the clafs. 



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