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This is the only specimen of its kind I have seen in 

 Bermuda. It measured, from the " tip of the nose " to 

 the end of the tail, five and a third inches in length, and, 

 including the antennae, eleven and a quarter inches. 

 Rostrum extended forward to a line with the external 

 part of the eyes. The six anterior legs furnished with 

 feet, jaws, or pincers ; the lateral pair pointed at the 

 extremities, making in all eight legs ; colour, pale red. 

 This prawn appears to be in every respect similar to the 

 prawns usually met with in England. 



Shrimps are also to be found in Bermuda. I have 

 often seen them in twos and threes in the little pools 

 of sea-water left among the rocks by the receding tide ; 

 and on one occasion Mr. Marriott actually sent us a 

 plateful of the same, which he had taken in Hungry Bay. 

 These also appeared to be identical with the Common 

 Shrimp {Palcemon vulgaris) of England. 



January 4th, 185 1. — Yesterday it blew a gale from the 

 south-west, causing some swell in the waters of Hamilton 

 Harbour ; and to-day one of the ferrymen brought me a 

 fine living specimen of the Palcemon serratus, or Common 

 Prawn, which had been washed into his boat during the 

 blow. In size it nearly resembled the specimen mentioned 

 on December 13th, 1847, which was caught by Mr. Marriott. 



January ?£>th, 1852. — Was informed by Mr. Hinson, 

 who resides at Port Royal, that he had captured " a 

 quantity of shrimps " in the small pools, which the late 

 stormy weather had barricaded with seaweed along the 

 margin of the Bay. These "shrimps" he described as 

 being the length of the middle finger, with a serrated 

 projection from the upper part of the head; doubtless 



