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by a vendor of Crabs. It had an extra fixed chela protruding 

 from the under side, at right angles to the under fixed chela 

 (see fig.). 



On August 14th I examined a Whelk with two opercula ; the 

 most extraordinary mollusc I ever saw, which, vulgarly speaking, 

 was absolutely two-headed. 



In August an undoubted occurrence of the Velvet Fiddler- 

 Crab (Portunus puber) was noted by a shrimper, the specimen 

 being saved for me by its captor until it became offensive. I 

 was on my holidays at the time, hence it did not come into my 

 hands. Fortunately another — a fine male example — was taken 

 in a shrimp-net, and was brought home alive by the shrimper, 

 from whom I received it next day. It had been placed in a 

 bucket of water on a top shelf in his shop, but had died during 

 the night, and its colours had much deteriorated. This is an 

 interesting addition to the fauna of East Norfolk. 



On December 3rd, owing to the unsettled state of the weather, 

 almost all the Yarmouth boats were in port. Several crans of 

 exceedingly fine Herrings which were landed from one of the 

 boats realized the exceptional price of 49s. 6d. per cran, equiva- 

 lent to 10s. per hundred ! Most of the Scotch boats had gone 

 home by this date. 



