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In a strong tide the corks may get sucked under, and the 

 owner may deem the pots lost ; but if the place is watched 

 when the tide is slack, they will usually be recovered without 

 difficulty, provided their position has been noted in true nautical 

 fashion that is to say, by taking marks. 



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teresting fact. When alive the lobster shell is a bluish-black 

 colour, but the prolonged application of boiling water brings 

 about a curious chemical change in the pigment, the creature 

 turning red. In a picture which was exhibited at the Royal 

 Academy some years ago, delineating, if I recollect aright, some 

 incident occurring in Neptune's realm, one of the figures was 

 a remarkable lobster, remarkable inasmuch as the chemical 



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