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2. Of the Garnels or Prawns,^ 



Betwixt our 2)r<t'ions and those of Spitzbergen is no differ- 

 ence, only that those of Spitzbergen are red before they are 

 boiled. Their head is peculiar, consisting of two parts, with 

 several horns ; the whole head is broad ; at the end of the 

 head are the eyes, which stand out as crawfishes do ; he doth 

 not look downwards, but streight before, and sidewards. 

 The scale of his back is like a back piece of armour, which 

 also behind the head, in his neck, is somewhat bended in, 

 and behind it is a prickle. After that follow six plates, like 

 the armour for the arms and legs, and about the brims thereof 

 are small black spots, as if they were the nails of the armour. 

 These plates lye exactly round one upon the other. The 

 tail consisteth also of five parts ; when he expands it, it is 

 like the tail of a bird. He hath two claws before, the fur- 

 ther part whereof looks somewhat like the phangs of a tooth- 

 drawer. He hath eighteen legs, whereof those that are 

 nearest to the claws are the shortest : the first eight legs have 

 four joints, whereof the uppermost is the longest, and the 

 undermost the shortest : they are not hairy at all. The ten 

 hindermost legs, whereof the furthermost are the longest, 

 and the uppermost joint is much thicker and shorter than 

 the lowermost long ones, have but two joints, the feet whereof 

 are somewhat bended under and are hairy. On these hind- 

 most and undermost joints grow out two shoots below, on the 

 rest but one. He shoots very swiftly along in the water : he 

 was as big as I have delineated him, according to the life. 

 They are food for the birds, as I have mentioned before. 



^ Crangon Boreas. This prawn, like all the Decapod Crustacea, has 

 but ten legs. Martens includes other appendages in his numeration of 

 its legs. There is an excellent figure of it in Phipps' Voyage. 



