iyz NATURAL H I S T OR Y of N R WA T. 



We have alfo another, and coarfer fpecies of the Echinus, very 

 different from the former kinds ; which I more particularly call 

 Hericius, vel Erinaceus marinus, the Sea-Hedge-hog. Thefe are 

 found on our coaft, tho' but feldom ; and I do not know that I 

 have ever feen more than two of them, one of which is in my 

 polTeffion. The body is round, about the fize of an orange, and 

 nearly of the fame fhape. The mouth and anus are placed at the 

 top and the bottom, as in the other kind. From this I conclude, 

 that the conftru&ion of the internal parts likewife is fimilar in 

 both kinds ; for I dare not open that in my pofleffion, becaufe it 

 would utterly fpoil it. The difference in the external parts is 

 very great, for the prickles are for the moft part near four inches 

 long, and as thick as a goofe-quill. They are quite hard and 

 compact, except that there is a little marrow in them. At one 

 end they {rand irregularly, but at the other end they are regu- 

 larly difpofed in ten rows, there being five prickles in each row : 

 two or three of thefe rows ftand clofer together than the reft, fb 

 that one cannot put a finger between ; then there follows a {pace 

 twice as wide: and it has 50 prickles on the fides,. which are 

 remarkably large. On the flat fide underneath, and near the 

 mouth, there are feveral fmaller prickles ; but I cannot juftly fay in 

 what order they ftand, becaufe moft of them are broken off in the 

 fpecimen I preferve. The round body, or fhell itfelf, is not, like 

 the common kind, fmooth at the bottom, but is rather furr'd 

 over ; but this I cannot particularly defcribe, as I have never feen 

 them perfect, or frefh out of the water. Amongft the foreign 

 writers, whether ancient or modern, I cannot find the leaft inti- 

 mation of any thing that refembles this fpecies. 



SECT. VI. 



I now come to thofe fea- animals which have a hard and thin 

 fhell, form'd like a veftment, which yields to the motions of the 

 body and limbs. Of this kind are Lobfters, Craw-fifh, Crabs, 

 and Shrimps. 

 Lobikr. The Lobfter is formed like a Craw-fifh, but is five or fix times 



as large; with eight {mall, and two large claws or feet** From 

 Eafter to Midfummer they are fat and plump, and fit for the 



* Whether there may be amongft Lobfters, as amongft feveral other Fifh, extra- 

 ordinary large and giant-like individuals, I cannot afcertain ; but I am credibly 

 informed, that at Udvaer, in the parifti of Evenvigs, there is often feen by the fifher- 

 men a kind of over-grown Lobfters, fo large and frightful that they dare not attack 

 them ; and it is faid that there is a full fathom betwixt the tips of their claws, by 

 which one may judge of their fize, tho' they are never feen entirely; for they hide 

 themfelves in the weeds and rufhes, which all Lobfters are fond of. 



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