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4 than in cold. In the water they can run nim- 

 4 bly upon their legs or fmall claws, and if alarmed 

 c can fpring tail-foremoft, to a furprifmg diftance, 

 4 as fwift as a bird can fly. The flfhermen can 

 4 fee them pafs about thirty feet, and by the 

 4 fwiftnefs of their motion, fuppofe they may go 

 4 much farther. Athenaus remarks this circum- 

 4 fiance, and fays, that the incurvated Lobflers will 

 c fpring with the activity ^dolphins. Their eyes 

 4 are raifed upon moveable bafes, which enables 

 4 them to fee readily every way. When frightened, 

 4 they will fpring from a confiderable diftance to 

 4 their hold, in the rock ; and what is not lefs fur- 

 4 prifing than true, will throw themfelves into 

 4 their hold in that manner, through an entrance 

 4 barely fufficient for their bodies to pafs \ as is 

 4 frequently feen by the people who endeavor to 

 4 take them at Filey Bridge, In frofty weather, 

 4 if any happen to be found near the more, they 

 4 are quite torpid and benumbed. A fizeable 

 4 Lobfter is commonly from one pound to two in 

 4 weight. There was one taken here this fummer 

 4 which weighed above four, and the fifhermen fay 

 4 they have feen fome which were of fix pounds, 

 4 but thefe are very rare. 



4 I am, Sir, Wc! 



I conclude with faying, that the Lobfter was 



well known to the ancients, and that it is well de- 



3 fcribed 



