1 20 Of Fifhes. Part I. 
The MOLUCCA-CRAB. Cancer Molucenfis. Thebeft 
figure hereof is given by Bejler , who alone ftiews the 
Eyes 5 yet not fo clearly as could be wiftied. Not ill de- 
fcribed by Job. de Laet. That which Clufius makes to be 
the fore part, he makes the hinder : and Wormuis doth the 
like 5 and faith, it is plain, from the pofition of the Legs 5 
With both whom I agree. And to what Wormius faith, I 
alfo add , the pofition of the Eyes 5 for from Clufius s 
Defcription, it would follow, that they ftood in the hinder 
part of the Crab. Here are eight or nine of them 3 the entireft 
and largeft, given by Henry Wbiftler Efq$. 
The Eye of this Crab, hath a horny Cover. But ftands 
almoft flat, or in the fame plain with the reft of the (hell. 
'Tis pleafant to look on, being latticed like the Eye of a 
Butterfly. The latticed- work is difcernable to a naked Eye, 
but much better through a Glafs. 
(a) J. de The People (a) that live near the River Cbovacotl in 
Laet. 1. 2. £[ ova p ranc i aj pil e their Shafts with the Tails of this Crab, 
which breeds there abundantly. 
The CLAW of the PUNGER, or the VELVET-CRAB, 
called Pagurus. It is one of the biggeft fort $ and the bed 
meat of any. Linfcboten reports, That fome (but he faith 
not of what kind) in India, have been found fo big, that 
whenfoever they got any man with in their Claws, itcoft 
him his life. 
The PRICKLED-CRAB. Hiffiocarcinus, or Cancer afper, 
becaufe of the Spikes that grow upon his Back. They breed 
near Norway. 
Another with a great number of Center-lhells growing 
upon its Back. 
(J) De Part. It is noted by Ariftotle, (b) That all Lobfters and Crabs 
Amm.hb. 4. k ave t [ ie j r Rjg nt claw, the greater and ftronger. Crabs 
(c) ibid, have no Tail, nor need it, faith the fame Author, (c) as 
Lobfters do to fwim with 5 becaufe they live much upon 
the Land. 
CRABS-EYES. Oculi Cancrorum. A Cruftaceom-ftone fo 
called, growing as is commonly (but I doubt falfly) faid, in 
(d) Muf. River Crabs. Efpecially,faith Cerutus, (d) in the Female, at 
Se^rf that time, when the new fhell begins to grow. 
Both the Powder and the Magiftery of Crabs-Eyes 3 and 
the Claws, and Diftilled- Water of Crabs, are all ufed in 
Medicine. The 
