84 SEA FISH; 



fisherman to draw up his trap. The crayfish, or 

 spined lobster, is caught by the same means as 

 described for the capture of the ordinary lobster and 



crab, although, from the roughness of its shell, it 

 becomes occasionally entangled amongst the hooks 

 used in hand-line fishing. I have taken several in this 

 way when fishing deep on rocky ground. 



Shrimps and Prawns. 



Shrimps being far more numerous and generally 

 sought for than prawns, it will perhaps be well to 

 describe them, and the modes had recourse to for their 

 capture, first. But it must be borne in mind that many 

 so-called shrimps are really prawns, and it frequently 

 happens that during a few hours' shrimpiDg a fair 

 number of true prawns will be taken with the shrimps, 



