LOBSTER. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cancer gammartjs. C. thorace laevi ; rostro lateribus dentatoj 
basi supra dente duplici. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 2085. 
A smooth thorax 5 a single tooth on the 
side of the snout, and a double one above 
s . the base. 
As’eacus marinus. Fair. Sp. /Ins. 1 . 
p. 509- no. 1 . 
Lobster Bast. Op. Suls. 2 . p . 6. pi. 1 . Penn. Brit. 
Zool. 4. p. g. no. 21 . pi. 10 . 
Lobsters are found in great abundance on the 
rocky coasts of this kingdom, and generally inhabit 
the clearest water. They are caught in traps made 
of twigs and baited with garbage : these traps are 
fastened to a cord, and lowered into the sea, the 
place where they lie being marked by a buoy. 
They are so extremely prolific, that 12,444 eggs 
have been counted under the tail of a single female, 
besides those that remained in the body unpro- 
truded ; these are deposited in the sand, where they 
are soon hatched. While lobsters continue to be 
so prolific there can be no fear of exhausting the 
species, though the consumption of them were still 
