Class V. ASTACUS. LOBSTER. 



eyes are raised upon moveable bases, which 

 enables them to see readily every way. When 

 frightened, they will spring from a consider- 

 able distance to their hold, in the rock ; and 

 what is not less sm'prising than true, will 

 throw themselves into their hold in that man- 

 ner, through an entrance barely sufficient for 

 their bodies to pass ; as is frequently seen by 

 the people who endeavour to take them at 

 Filei/ Bridge. In frosty weather, if any hap- 

 pen to be found near the shore, they are quite 

 torpid and benumbed. A sizeable Lobster is 

 commonly from one pound to two in weight. 

 There was one taken here this summer which 

 weighed above four, and the fishermen say 

 they have seen some which were of six pounds, 

 but these are very rare. 



... '. * I am, Sir, c^t.' 



I conclude with saying, that the Lobster was 

 well known to the antients, and that it is well 

 described by Ainstotle, under the name of 

 AcraKo; ; * that it is found as far as the Helles- 

 pont, and is called, at Constantinople,^ Liczuda, 

 and Lichuda. Tab. xi. 



* Hist, an, lib. iv. c, 2. 



f Belon Hist. Poisions. 357. 



