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Beiides the Sea Crabs on the Coaft 

 of Guiana 9 there is a fpecies of large 

 Land Crabs living in the mud, in which 

 their holes are made, and which cover 

 all the fhores of the fea, and rivers near 

 the fea, at low water, when they ap^ 

 pear in the greater!: numbers. The 

 body is quadrangular, each angle being 

 two inches and an half long. It is fup- 

 ported by a great number of legs, and. 

 has two large claws, in {hape and fize 

 nearly refembling thofe of a Lobfter. 

 Their fhells, in different places, are ei-» 

 ther of a dull white, or a blueifh colour. 

 They have an agreeable, though fome^ 

 what earthy tafte, and are much eatea 

 by all the inhabitants, whether Whites,, 

 Indians, or Negroes, 



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