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ordinary fisherman : and consequently, partly on that 

 account, and partly on account of the situation of Mount's 

 Bay, I have seen more species of marine stalk-eyed 

 crustaceans than most people. 



As the typical "stalk-eyed" crustaceans of our British 

 waters you may take the common lobster, the common 

 crab, and the cray-fish (either salt water or fresh water it 

 does not matter which). You know about the size of these. 

 The largest crab on record weighed something over 13 Ibs., 

 and its preserved shell is now in Mr. Laughrim's collection 

 in the Natural History Department of this Exhibition. 

 The largest lobster (the specimen is in the same place) 

 weighed something short of 12 Ibs.* The sea cray-fish is, to 

 look at, a larger animal than either the crab or the lobster, 

 but, having no large claws, always turns out of lesser weight 

 size for size. 



But what are these puny creatures to the stalk-eyed 

 crustaceans of other days ! I do not now refer to the 

 sprawling spider crab exhibited in the Japanese Department 

 of this building, and which measures I believe, ten feet 

 from finger tip to finger tip ; but to that huge, solid lobster- 

 like crustacean disclosed to us by geological research, 

 and which must have been some eight feet long in the body, 

 and have contained meat enough to make a salad for a 

 regiment of soldiers ! 



Still, as we only have these little specimens left, we must 

 do the best we can with them ; and the first thing to which 

 I will call your attention is a matter which strikes the 

 observer last of all. You probably know that crustaceans 

 are propagated from eggs which, whilst in the body of the 

 lobster, or cray fish, are found in the form of " coral," but 



* There is a specimen of a Lobster in the Fishmarket, I.F.E. 

 which weighed over 20 Ibs., but it is from America. 



