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ABOUT THE SHRIMP. 



It is so well known, that to describe it would be as super- 

 fluous as to paint the lily j but shortness of its beak 

 should be noticed as distinguishing it easily from the 

 prawn. It is a delicate, almost transparent creature; 

 endowed with such a wonderful vivacity of motion, that 



its leaps and turns in the crystal rock-pool almost defy 

 observation. When alarmed, it buries itself in the sand 

 by a peculiar effort of the tail-fin. In length it varies 

 from two to three inches. There are several species ; 

 the banded, the spinous, the two-spined, the three-spined ; 

 but all are fit for the table. 



The PRAWN (Palcemon serratus) belongs to the same 



