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Crabs — cont. 



Caught best in rocks, 11. 

 sand, 7, 9. 



— • muddy water, 6. 



Changing their habitat, 14. 



Claws of, alone, sent to market, 8, 9, 45. 



Decrease of, in numbers : Edinburgh, 1 ; Montrose, 4 ; Gourdon, 7 ; 

 Muchalls, 8,15; Catterline, 10; Peterhead, 

 11 ; Buchanhaven, 12; Bodham, 13 ; Bervie, 

 13; Cove, 14; Skateraw, 16; Dunnottar, 16 ; 

 Stonehaven, 17; Cratown, 17; Banff, 18; 

 Whitehills, 18, 19; Macduff, 20; Fraserburgh, 

 23 ; Inverness, 25 ; Thurso, 25 ; Duncansby, 

 Head, 27; Wick, 29, 30; John O'Groats, 

 32; Burghead,9; North Berwick, 40, 41; 

 Dunbar, 45; Newhaven, 50, 51; Cove, 56 ; 

 Oban, 58. 



, in size : Edinburgh, 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Fifeshire coast, 3; Muchalls, 



8 ; Catterline, 10 ; Bervie, 13 ; Macduff, 20 ; Fraser- 

 burgh, 22; Thurso, 25,26; North Berwick, 41 ; 

 Dumbarton, 44, 45 ; Newhaven, 50. 



Different sizes of, 40. 



Enemies of, 39, 40, 51, 56. 



Fishing above low-water mark should be prohibited, 23, 24. 



Food of, 5, 7. 



Growth of, 3, 23, 40. 



Habitat of, 6, 7, 9, 11, 18, 36. 



Increased numbers of : — Fifeshire coast, 3 ; Edinburgh, 4 ; Dunbar, 46. 



Injured by storms, 11, 12, 32. 



Migration of, 4, 12, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22, 40, 41, 56, 57. 



Mode of counting, 1, 7, 21. 



More valuable for bait than for food, 9, 14. 



No decrease : — Arbroath, 6, 8 ; John Haven, 6 ; Gourdon, 8 ; Peterhead, 

 11; Muchalls, 15; Wick, 29; Duncansby, 32 ; Dunbar, 

 45; Cove, 56. 



Non -migratory, 4, 7, 47. 



Price of, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 39, 51, 56, 57, 58. 



Relative numbers of male and female, 1, 18. 



values of male and female, 25, 51. 



Season for, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 32, 40, 45, 51, 57, 58„ 



Shedding their shell, 3, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23, 25, 32, 40, 41, 44, 51. 



Should not be caught for seven years, 19. 



every seventh year, 20. 



Small, escape from the creels, 15. 



, are thrown back, 16, 56. 



, preferred, 45, 51, 56. 



Soft, should be prohibited, 22, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 55, 56. 



, are put back, 55. 



Valueless, 27, 33, 36, 50. 



Used for bait, 2, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 29, 41. 



Will not carry far, 36, 37, 47, 55, 60, 61. 

 Craig, Mitchell, Evidence of, 14. 

 Cray-fish : — Market for, 41. 

 Creels :— Should be prohibited, 28, 29, 33. 



Use of (See pots). 



DAVIDSON, William, Evidence of, 21, 39. 



Mrs., Evidence of, 21. 



Dunbar, William, Evidence of, 26. 

 Doughty, John, Evidence of, 46. 

 Dunnet, John, Evidence of, 32. 



Thomas, Evidence of, 32. 



Duthie, Andrew, Evidence of, 24. 



