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themselves into this fluid itself, their antennae and their palpi 
are in continual motion. The same observer informs us, that 
they live in society, and that when dead bodies approach 
them, they are heaped one upon the other to dispute for the 
pieces. 
Their flesh is of no use for eating, but fishermen occasionally 
employ it as bait. Some large species of America and the East 
Indies are nevertheless sought after for the flavour of their 
flesh. Seba tells us that the pagnrus latro is good for eating, 
and that its entrails especially, being properly dressed, con- 
stitute an agreeable food. Linnaeus says, on the contrary, 
that it is only good for eating when those parts are removed. 
According to Rochefort, they are sometimes eaten by the in- 
habitants of the Antilles. 
It is only in the summer that these animals can be observed. 
They are, during winter, remote from our coasts, or they keep 
themselves concealed there. They are extended into all parts 
of the globe, but more particularly in the equatorial regions. 
It is there that the largest individuals are found. 
The Palin URI have very strong relations with astacus, and 
indeed are sometimes termed gigantic lobsters. The palinurus 
of the European seas is sought after as a delicate meat, espe- 
cially from the month of May to that of August. The females 
at this time, having not yet laid their eggs, are preferred to 
the males. Their eggs, which are named coral , form in the 
interior of the body two elongated masses, of the thickness of 
the tube of a quill, of a very fine red, diverging towards 
their two apertures, and situated one on each side, near 
the basis of their intermediate feet. These eggs are very 
small on issuing from the body of the mother ; but they 
grow insensibly during the twenty days in which they remain 
attached to the leaflets of the under part of the tail. After 
this time, they are all detached, together with their envelopes. 
They are often found fixed against the rocks, or wandering, 
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