174 WILD LIPE AT HOME. 



Crabs may be found in numbers in almost all 

 rock pools, and are so abundant on some parts 

 of our coast as to preclude all chance of line 

 fishing. Directly a baited hook drops to the 

 bottom of the sea they concentrate their attention 

 upon it and in a minute or two there is nothing 

 left but a bit of bare unattractive steel. They are 



very difficult to photograph under water, however 

 clear and shallow. 



I have occasionally met with a lobster in a 

 rock pool, but never saw one, however scared, 

 voluntarily cast off any of its limbs, as we are 

 led to believe they do in some natural history 

 works. We tried hard to figure the accompanying 

 specimen under water at the Fame Islands last 

 year, but did not succeed in making a negative 



