392 OF FISHES. 



thofe that feed in muddy waters, but better tafted, and of a 

 brighter colour. Under its exterior lubricous coat, it has a 

 fcaly vcftment, very curious, conftituted of oblong and round 

 balls, fome reticulated, and finely pencilled, but fo fmall as to 

 require to be viewed with a microfcope. 



46. The Lamprey-Eel (<u) is frequently taken in our larger 

 rivers towards the fea. It has a feries of feven roundiih aper- 

 tures on each fide of the head, downwards, which are of the 

 lame ufe as gills in other fifties. 



i. Of our marine cru/laceous Sbell-Fi/hes, the moft valuable is the 

 Lobfter (iv). It is taken in fuch plenty, that the annual export 

 ufually amounts from i2oo/. to 15007. of thofe that are taken 

 between Neivbiggen and Newton by the fea, exclufive of fuch as 

 are taken at Holy-IJland, which annually amount to a confider- 

 ablc fum ; as I am afTured by John Crejpwell, of Crejpwell, Efq; 

 who has for fome years paft paid thofe fums by the order of a 

 London-fifhmonger, Mr. Kittermqfter, on whofe account all the 

 mod valuable fea-fifhes on this coaft are taken and fhippcd off 

 for London, which makes them often difficult to be had at home, 

 and rarities at our tables. 



(v) Lampctra. Rtid. Fife. p. 308. mil. Pifs. p. 105. Tab. G. n. Raj. Sj-n. Pifc. 

 p.' 35. Charlet. Pile. p. 34. n. 3. Salv. Pifc. p. 63. 



(w) Aftacus marinus. Cbarlet. Pifc. p. 55, 56. Aftacus, Offic. Dak. Pharm. p. 367. 

 Cancer macrourus ; roftro lateribus clentato, bafi fupra dente duplici. Linn. Faun. Suec. 

 p. 358. n. 1248. 



2. The 



