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NATUK.VT. HIST.OP.V 
LOBSTER. 
The Lobster is ail animal of so extraordi- 
nary a form, that those who first sec it arc 
apt to mistake the head for the tail. It is 
soon discovered, however, that the animal 
moves with its claw foremost; and that the 
part which plays within itself by joints, like 
a coat of armour, is the tail. The mouth, 
like that of insects, opens the long way of 
the body, not crossways, as with man, and 
the higher race of animals. It is furnished 
with two teeth, for the comminution of its 
food ; but us these are not sufficient, it has 
three more in the stomach, one on each side, 
and the other below. Between the two teeth 
there is a fleshy Substance, in the shape of 
a tongue. Like the oyster, they are self- 
impregnated. 
