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CANCER 9. Minor gibbus hirfutus, /cut a in lacinias 



quatiwr teretes acutas produced. 

 46. f. 2. 



Tab. 



The Grafs- Crab. 



Th 



little fhell-fifh is but rarely met with in Jamaica, th 



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o-h 



a 



native of that ifland. The (hell is raifed pretty much on the back, and projects 



a 



eood deal forwards, where it is 



divided into four or more 



ftraight {lender 



prongs, whereof thofe in the middl 



g 

 u 



the fore- part, bet 



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gelt. The (hell is furnimed with a deep 



tne ey 



where the infect lodges its (oft feelers 



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fion 





CANCER 10. Minor, f cut d utrinque ferratd, cruribus 



aculeatis, piano exteriori utriufque^ The Creole-Crab. 

 chela aquali nitido-Jplendente. 



This crab is very like the Sherigo, from which it is diftinguiflied only by the pe- 

 culiar marks of the (hell, and the fharpnefs of its marginal teeth j efpecially thofe 

 between the eyes. The claws are angular, roundifli, and indented, in bothj but 

 the outward plane of the laft joint is of a fine pearly colour in this fpecies. 





The Mamma-Shri 



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CANCER 11. Minor, fcittdoblongdvariegatdfiitidd, 



margine anteriori aculeato, arti- 

 culis ultimis fagittatis. Ventrale 

 longiori& anguftiori. Tab. 42 . f. 2. 



This is a very beautiful fhell-fifh, and not much known even \n Jamaica, wher 

 it is a native. It was found by fome of the fiftiermen in the harbour of King/Ion 

 and is reprefented here of the natural fize. 



CANCER 12. Medius, fcutd fubrotundd 



r carie- 



gatd, aculeo unico utrinque ar- 

 matd. 



The larger Sea- Crab with 

 a roundifli variegated fhell. 



I have never feen any of this fort alive, but have frequently found the fli 

 the fea-ihore. The form of the trunk diflinguifhes it fufhciently from all the 

 foecies. 











.CANCER 13. Villofus, fcutd ferr at 0- dent at dm The larger hairy Creole- Crab 



marie areolatd, cbelis fpinqfis. $ with prickly claws. 



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CANCER 14. Minor jnacricmrus puntlatus, fcutd 



fubrotundd fpinis tribus maioribuA m* \ ^ y ^ 1 



terminals. Tab. 4 a. f. 3. > The Aree-thorned Crab. 



Cancer. Rumph. t. x. f. c. 



This is a native of both the Eaft and Weft- Indies, but not common in the har- 

 bours of Jamaica. I have fcen only one ot the fort, which is reprefented here of 

 the natural fize. 



CANCER 15. Major albidus, Jcutd fubrotundd, arti- 



ticulis pedum ulti mis aculeatis, penul-{~* „, ~ . 



timis hir Cutis, bilk tirffotbrt W.r The Mangrove Crab. 



timis hirfutis, pi lis fafciculatis pent 

 cilliformibus. 



This fpecies is very comm 



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fea 



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low and marfhy lands border 



fuch 



It is often ufed by the negroes, but faid to be fometimes po 

 buted to their feeding upon the bark of the Mangeneel tree, 



g upon 

 which 



growing chiefly 







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