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thoee under eight. The fishery is carried on by boat* and nets at dill. 

 r>'iit -t.it:<>!i-. Six or seven dozen Lobstera may be captured during the 

 night, by a single boat, in favourable weather; and it la said that 60,000 

 have been taken in the course of a year, by the boat* belonging to tin- 

 Islands of Lewis and Harris. 



PLATE U III 



1. Aitoctu Mortmu, the Common Lobctor, back. 



2. Cluster of pawn. 



3. Portion of the Mine, enlarged. 



PLATE L1X 



Fio. 1 . Attaftu manmut. the Common Loboter, prolific female, under surface. 



3. CKAHGON The Shrimp. Plates LX., LXI. 



Til'- l.-arm-'l author- pi 'if.- MIL' I h.'in--l\ - tli- ino-t -.Mlnli.ii> I..i 

 arranging the Syttema Naturee, have associated very few animals with the 

 Lobster tribe, subdividing those of analogous form and nature into other 

 groups, whereof the Shrimp is comprehended as one. Nice distinction 

 are not my special object so much as pointing out the kindred, uniting 

 numbers together in concentrated families, whereby I would chiefly 

 confine myself to the general configuration falling within the sphere of 

 observation. It is more convenient that naturalists should select nuch 

 subjects as they can command most readily, or such as they think they 

 can discuss most satisfactorily; but it is mortifying that, of the present 

 animal, like the preceding, very familiar by name, the two authors in 

 highest repute for their writings on Carcinology, should not have thought 

 it worthy a syllable : whereas it is certainly as interesting as any other 

 parts of their history, ami tin- more especially as their labours would 

 have been much more eflivtnal than fnim-. 



The shrimp, in this country, is commonly of small size, and may be 

 compared in form and aspect to a diminutive lolst<-r. 



The largest specimens extend four inches and a half from the tipu 



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