46 NOTES ON CERTAIN FISHES, ETC., 



the whole bulk of that soft fishe found comonly on the 

 shoare. 



The Loligo sleue or calamar found often upon the 

 shoare from head to tayle [such crossed oui\ sometimes 

 aboue an ell long, remarkable for its parretlike bill, the 

 gladiolus or calamus along the back & the notable 

 crystallyne of the eye wch equalleth if not exceedeth 

 the lustre of orientall pearle. 



A polypus another kind of the moUia* sometimes wee 

 haue met with. 



Lobsters in great number about sheringham and 

 cromer from whence all the country is supplyed. 



Astacus marinus pediculi [marini written above'] facie^^ 

 found also in that place, with the aduantage of ye long 

 foreclawes about 4 inches long. 



Crabs large & well tasted found also in the same 

 coast. 



Another kind of crab'^ taken for cancer fluuiatilis 

 litle slender & of a very quick motion found in the 

 Riuer running through yarmouth. {added subsequently] 

 & in bliburgh riuer. 



\Fol. 33.] Oysters exceeding large about Burnham 

 and [Huns crossed out] Hunstanton like those of poole 

 * By mollia is meant all soft-bodied shell-less animals. 



for large numbers of these " cuttle-bones" are sometimes strewed along the 

 shore for miles. The Squid, Loligo vulgaris, is often met with, sometimes 

 of considerable size. The horny "pen" resembles a short leaf-shaped 

 Roman sword, and Browne's term, " Gladiolus," is quite as appropriate as 

 that of "Calamus.'' His Polypus is probably Octopus vulgaris, but it is 

 rarely met with on the Norfolk coast. 



^1 Probably Nephrops norvegicus, the Norway Lobster, called at Lowes- 

 toft a Crayfish or Prawn. They are sometimes brought in in large numbers 

 by the steam trawlers, but the precise locality in which they are captured I 

 am unable to say ; the fishermen say the " North Sea," which is rather a, 

 vague address, but others say between the Texel and Heligoland. 



^ Cancer nuenas, the Shore-crab, a very common species on the Norfolk 

 coast is here intended. 



