, 3io The Natural Hifiory 



28. Ship-Nuts. Are hard Shells, • which 

 G .ommonly adhere to Ships like the Barn*- 



29. The Tree-Oyfter. Found commonly 

 on the Branches of the Mangrove, which 

 gro ws by the Sea-fide. 



30. The Shrimp. Is not much bigger 

 than a Filbert 5 the Shell brown, the reft, 

 with its Legs yellowifh .• it's eaten. 



31. The Her met Shrimp. Thefe are of 

 different fizes and colours $ are frequently 

 found in Shells on the Banks of Rivers. 



32. The Short-horn d Shrimp. Like 

 Numb. 30. but its Horns or Feelers are (horter. 



33. The Broad- fquil. Has a (hort broad 

 Body, with notcht edges 5 its Legs very 

 ftiort. 



34. The Flat perforated Sea %)rchin. This 

 has a Star in the middle, with Holes thro* 

 the Shells- 



C H A P, V. 



Of Reptiks^ as Snakes^ Lizards^ &c. 



r.np H E Crocodile- Is eight or nine 

 JL foot long; his Mouth very large 

 opening beyond his Eyes, their Eggs white, 

 hard, and as it were Warty - r they tafte well* 

 ypu often find near thirty of them to- 

 gether 



