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When the black crab is fat and in a perfect ftate, it furpafTes every thing of the 

 fort, in flavour and delicacy ; and frequently joins a little of the bitter with its na- 

 tive richnefs, which renders it not only the more agreeable in general, but makes it 

 lit extremely eafy upon the ftomach. They are frequently boiled and ferved up 

 whole; but are commonly ftewed when ferved up at the more fumptuous tables. 



ASTACUS i. Cornutus major , fcutd undique 1 The Horned Lobfter, or Great 



aculeatd. 



Cray- fid). 



This fpecies is very frequent in the harbours of 'Jamaica, and grows fometimes 

 to a very conriderable fize. It has no claws, but in the room of thefe is fupplied 

 with a pair of large aculeated tapering horns, or defenders, which rife from under 

 the fore- part of the [cut a ; they have each two or three joints at the bafe, and are 

 furnifhed with a great number of delicate little prickles, difpofed in a verticillated 

 order from the top to the bottom. It eats like the other forts of cray-fifh, and is 

 much ufed by ail forts of people. 



ASTACUS 2. Minor ', chelis denticulatis, fcutd in la- 



mcllam tenuem ferratam produ- J> The River Cray-fifh. 

 eld. 



This fpecies grows fometimes to a pretty considerable fize, and is greatly efteem- 

 ed in all our fugar-colonies, where it is much ufed in foops and flews. The claws 

 of this fort grow very large, and are thickly befet with fhort pointed prickles ; but 

 the other parts of the (hell are pretty fmooth. 



ASTACUS 3. Minimus glaber fcutd in lamellam te?iuem fer-\n~^ cu. 



ratam producla. i 



imp 



This fpecies is very common every where about Jamaica, and grows generally 

 very large, being feldom under three or four inches in length, and of a 



propor- 

 tionate thicknefs. They are chiefly ufed in fauces, though many of the people eat 

 them alone, efpecially when boiled with fait. 



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ASTACUS 4. Maxima 5, caudd fubnudd molli, chelis fubver- 





' rucofis tuberculatis, dcxtrd majori. 



The Soldier. 



T/je Hermit c/'Catefb. ii. t. 34 



This fhell-fifh 



firft 



be 



of the lareeft of 



tribe 



A 



but at 



extremely tender, and creepg into the firft empty (hell it meets, to guard 



naked tail from the impreflions of any rugged bodies, or the attacks of 



m 



d (Lifts and cha 



bulk 



the next more convenient fhell 



fes 



ASTACUS 



Minor glaber, caudd fubnudd molli, 

 chela dextrd majori. 



The common Soldier. 



This is very like the foregoing in fhape and appearance, and lives and (hifts its 



abode in the fame manner ; but its claws are fmooth. 



It is very common in all 



the harbours of Jamaica, and never grows to any confiderable fize. 



ASTACUS 6. Depreffus major, tuberculatus & vc 



*°?± iff"**" «?T# r'HTte Mother Lobrter. 



Aftacus. Rump. t. 2. f, 



fubrotundis. Tab. 44. f. 



fe 



ted 



This fpecies is very 



and feldom feen 



Jamaica, though a native of thofe 



It has no claws ; but, inftead of thefe, it is fupplied with two broad 



id comprefTed defenders, that ftretch forward from the fore-part of the head 



one 



