120 Of Fijhes. Par t|I. 
The MOLUCCA-CRAB. Cancer Molucenfis. The beft 
figure hereof is given by Befler , who alone Ihews the 
Eyes 5 yet not fo clearly as could be wifhed. Not ill de- 
fcnbed by Job. de Laet. That which Clufius makes to be 
the fore part, he makes the hinder : and Wormius doth the 
like 3 and faith, it is plain, from the pofition of ths-Legs 5 
With both whom l agree. And to what Wormius faith, I 
alfo add , the pofition of the Eyes 5 for from Clu[ius\ 
Defcription, it would follow, that they flood in the hinder 
part of the Crab. Here are eight or nine of them 3 the entireft 
and largeft, given by Henry Whiftler 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 ChovacoU in 
Laet. 1. 2. j^ (wa f r ancia, pile their Shafts with the Tails of this Crab, 
which breeds there abundantly. 
TheCLAWofthePUNGER, or the VELVET-CRAB, 
called Pagurus. It is one of the biggeft fort 3 and the beft 
meat of any. Linfchoten 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. Hippocarcinus, or Cancer afper, 
becaufe of the Spikes that grow upon his Back. They breed 
near Norway. 
Another with a great number of Center-fhells growing 
upon its Back. 
(^) De Part. It is noted by Ariftotle, (b) That all Lobfters and Crabs 
Amm.hb. 4 . jj ave their Right 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 3 becaufe they live much upon 
the Land. 
CRABS-EYES. Oculi Cancrorum. A Cruftaceow-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 
Sc&t' thauime, w henthe new fhell begins to grow. 
Both the Powder and the Magiftery of Crabs-Eyes 5 and 
the Claws, and Diftilled- Water of Crabs, are all ufed in 
Medicine. The 
