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sufficiently interested in the subject as they had been in the matter 
of fishes; although without a doubt it was the chances of earning 
a little spending money that induced them rather than any other. 
Certain circumstances (chiefly in connection with the vulgar 
“struggle for existence’”’) drew me away from the pursuit of the 
Crustaceans after 1892, or the list might have been more exten- 
sive. JI am hoping in 1898 to again pursue the subject in 
conjunction with the Sessile-eyed Crustaceans. Remarkably few 
Specimens, alive or dead, have turned up at the high-water mark, 
or had they, the Sandhoppers (Talitrus locusta), which abound in 
the tidal refuse, had made short work of them. The eighty 
shrimp-boats, each carrying twelve-foot-beamed dredges, cover- 
ing when in action and working several hours daily a net-frontage 
of nearly 700 yards, are responsible for the majority of the 
“finds” here recorded. And it will be a matter for sur- 
prise that the list is such a small one, seeing that the myriads 
of sizeable Shrimps and Aisop’s Prawns have each to pass 
through the shrimpers’ fingers ; the smaller are, however, riddled 
back into the water before sorting. 
The numbers of the commoner species frequenting the road- 
stead must be prodigious. Shrimping begins with the first open 
days of spring, and ends in September or early in October, when 
some of the men find employment in malthouses or on the Fish- 
wharf. Day after day good catches generally are made. In 
March, half a peck is thought an average catch. These are 
“ Brown” Shrimps (Crangon vulgaris). I have counted at that 
season 400 Shrimps to the pint. They run larger in the finer 
months, and a dozen pecks is a frequent “take.” In summer 
the “ Pink” Shrimps or Aisop’s Prawns (Pandalus annulicornis) 
come into the shallows and are more eagerly sought. On certain 
bottoms, known as the “‘ rough grounds,” also as “pink grounds,”’ 
the shrimpers meet more abundantly with the species; this 
rough bottom appears to be hard chalky ground, with Fuci and 
colonies of Sabella and allied forms, which latter, the shrimpers 
affirm, are a favourirte food of the “ pinks.” 
Fishes of all kinds devour myriads of Shrimps: Pogges, 
Bullheads, Weevers, and many others, being often surcharged 
with them; even the Gobies are sometimes found quite obese, 
having swallowed Shrimps apparently half as big as themselves. 
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