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THE OCEAN. 



CKAB-l'OTS. 



The Lobster is caught in the same manner as 

 the Crab, and both are in great demand for the 

 delicacy of their flesh. A very large proportion of 

 those eaten in England are brought from Norway. 

 At first there does not seem much in common in the 

 f<»rm of these two animals, except that both are fur- 

 nished with pincers; but on examination, Ave shall 

 find that both are constructed on the same model. 

 The shield of the chest, which was broad and flat in 

 the Crab, is long and arched in the Lobster; and the 

 belly, which was thin, small, and folded out of sight, 

 Tinder the body, is in the latter much larger, and 

 though bent, may be extended, and is terminated by 

 fringed horny plates like a fin; the antenna-, 01 



