DIALOGUE XLIV. 
CANCER CONTINUED. C. RURICOLA, OR 
LAND CRAB. C. GAMMARUS, OR LOB- 
STER. C. SaUILLA, OR PRAWN. PRAU- 
NUS FLEXUOSUS. 
MOTHER. The land, or violet crab, 
named cancer ruricola *, is found in the 
Bahama islands, and in many of the 
tropical countries : it chiefly inhabits the 
mountains, or conceals itself in clefts of 
rocks, or sometimes burrows in the 
ground. But the most singular characr 
teristic of this animal, is its annual jourr 
ney to the sea shore, in order to deposit 
its spawn. 
Lucy. What does spawn mean?_. . 
Mother. The eggs of fish are gene-r 
rally so called. 
* "From rus, country j and cdo, to inhabit. 
