100 THE OCEAN. 
CRAB-POTS, 
The Lobster is caught in the same manner as 
the Crab, and both are in great demand for the 
delicacy of their flesh. .A very large proportion of 
those eaten in England are brought from Norway. 
At first there does not seem much in comrnon in the 
form of these two animals, except that both are fur- 
nished with pincers; but on examination, we shall 
find that both are constructed on the same model. 
The shield of the chest, which was broad and flat in 
the Crab, is long and arched in the Lobster; and the 
belly, which was thin, small, and folded out of sight, 
under the body, is in the latter much larger, and 
though bent, may be extended, and is terminated by 
fringed horny plates like a fin; the antenns, or 
