CAN CER ARLNAORTOS. 
The Sand-Crab, Le Cancre de Sable. 
OMe 8 # HESE Crabs are ufually about 
Bu: Sy 
Pate 
the fize of the figure ; moft Ne de la groffeur de la a: on 
la plufpart d ’un brun clair, 
ou dan blanc fale. Le Cancre 
and two claws; one of which is twice the ¢ Sable a huit jambes &S deux ferres, dont 
® of them light brown or dufky 
white. It hath eight legs 
bignefs of the other: thefe claws ferve Jane off deux fois plas grande que Pautre: 
them both to defend arid feed themfelves ces ferres lai fervent, pour fa défenfe, FP 
with. The head has two fquare holes, pour prendre fa nourriture: fa téte a deux 
which are receptacles for its eyes; out ¢roas quarrés, qui foxt les receptacles de fes 
of which it thrufts them and draws them yeux, d’ow il les élance, &S oi il les retire 
in again at pleafure. Their abode is on comme il veut. Ces Cancres fe ticnnent fur 
the fandy fhores of J/athera, and many 5 rivages fabloneux de Pile \lathere, &P de 
others of the Bahama (lands. They “2 phi/part des iles Bahama: ils courent fort 
run very faft, and retreat from danger vite, & cvitent fe danger, en fe retirant 
into little deep holes they make in the dans de petits trous profowds quits font 
fand, dans le fable. 
Lithophyton pinnatuim purpureum alperim. 
r i SHIS grows ufually between three and four VELUI-ci crost ordinairement depuis trois jufqu 3 
feet high, with three or four tapering iff watre pies de hauteur, avec trois ou quatre tiges 
ftalks, with a few fmaller ones branching from ” vides, qui vont én diminuant, & do naiffent, en 
them: thefe ftalks are thick fet with fingle {prigs forme de branches, quelgues autres tiges plus petites 
of about two inches long: the whole Plant in- & en petit nombre : a § tiges font toutes cowvertes dé 
cruftated with a purple bark; which being rubbed ag Ke 2: Be Gah potiier ong cit environ: 
: Fide(ininobiee oe toute la Plante eff incruffée d'une écorce violette; & 
off, the inner part appears of a fhining black Ake quand elle en eft ae le dedans parcit Bun notr 
ebony. luifant comme ad L eb 
