376 THE AQUARIAN NATURALIST. 



CHAPTER XLI. 



PINNOTHERES TALITRUS COROPHIUM, ETC. 



" Pour'd from the neighbouring strand, deform'd to view, 

 They march a sudden, unexpected crew ! 

 Strong suits of armour round their bodies close, 

 Which, like thick anvils, blunt the force of blows : 

 In wheeling marches form'd, oblique they go ; 

 With harpy claws their limbs are arm'd below ; 

 Fell shears the passage to their mouth command ; 

 From out their flesh their bones by nature stand j 

 Broad spread their backs, their shining shoulders rise ; 

 Unnumber'd joints distort their lengthen'd thighs ; 

 With stony gloves their hands are firmly cased ; 

 Their round black eyeballs in their bosom placed ; 

 On eight long feet the wondrous warriors tread, 

 And either end alike supplies a head. 

 These, mortal wits to name as CRABS agree, 

 The Gods have other names for things than we." 



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HAVING in the last chapters given a somewhat detailed 

 account of the principal facts connected with the 

 history of the larger and more interesting Crustacea 

 ordinarily met with upon our coasts, we shall proceed 

 to notice more discursively a few others of common 

 occurrence, selected from the long catalogue of our 

 native species : 



