THR SUILLA. 



Descriptions. 



THE PRAWN. 



PRAWNS Jiave a, long serrated snout, bend- 

 ing upwards ; three pair of very long filiform 

 feelers j claws small, furnished with two fangs ; 

 smooth thorax ; five joints to the tail ; middle 

 caudal fin subulated, two outmost flat and round- 

 ed. It is frequent in several shores among loose 

 stones ; sometimes found at sea, and taken on the 

 surface over thirty fathoms depth of water ; cine- 

 reous when fresh, and of a fine red when boiled. ' 



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THE SHRIMP. 



SHRIMPS possess long slender feelers, and 

 between them two projective laminae ; the claws 

 have a single - hooked movable fang; they 

 have three pair of legs; seven joints in the tail; 

 the middle caudal fin subulated, the four others- 

 round and fringed; a spine on the exterior side 

 of each of the outmost. These animals inhabit 

 the shores of Britain in vast quantities, and are 

 the most delicious of the genus. 

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THE SQUILLA. 



THIS has a snout like a prawn, but deeper 

 and thinner; the feelers longer in proportion/ to* 

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