LOBSTERS. Class V. 

 1 their (hells on their fides, which, when in per- 

 c feclion, will not yield to moderate prefTuje. 



* Barnacles and other fmall fhell-fifh adhering to 



* them are efteemed certain marks of fuperior good- 



* nefs. Cock-Lobfters are in general better than 



* the Hens in winter -, they are diftinguifhed by 

 4 the narrownefs of their tails, and by their having 



* a ftrong fpine upon the center of each of the 



* tranfverfe proceiTes beneath the tail, which fup- 

 « port the four middle plates of their tails. The 

 1 fifh of a Lobfter's claw is more tender, delicate, 



* and eafy of digeflion than that of the tail. Lob- 

 V fters are not taken here in pots, as is ufual where 

 1 the water is deeper and more flill than it is upon 

 ' our coaft. Our fifhermen ufe a bag-net fixed to 

 c an iron hoop, about two feet in diameter, and 



* fufpended by three lines like a fcale. The bait is 



* commonly fifh-guts tied to the bottom and middle 



* of the net. They can take none in the day-time, 

 c except when the water is thick and opake ; they 



* are commonly caught in the night, but even 



* then it is not poffible to take any when the fea 

 ? has that luminous appearance which is fuppofed 



* to proceed from the nereis noftiluca* In fummer, 

 1 the Lobflers are found near the more, and thence 

 ' to about fix fathoms depth of water ; in winter, 

 6 they are feldom taken in lefs than twelve or 



* fifteen fathoms. Like other infects, they are 

 4 much more active and alert in warm weather 



' than 



