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they have seen in the summer, frequently r , the old Lobsters 

 with their young ones around them ; some of the young 

 have been noticed as six inches long. One man noticed the 

 old Lobster with her head peeping from under a rock, the 

 young ones playing around her : she appeared to rattle 

 her claws on the approach of the fisherman, and herself 

 and young took shelter under the rock ; this rattling, no 

 doubt, was to give the alarm. I have heard this from 

 several, some very old men, who all speak to this without 

 concert, and as a matter of course ; and they are men I can 

 readily believe" 



