gj sWe.have aiïb another, and coarfèr fpeciés iof, the Edhióus, very
different from thefformer kinds’/w h ich , I moré particularly call
Hericijisf' vel Erinaceus marinus, the Sea-Hedge-hag-.; Théfe .are
found on óuf coaft, tho’: but feldom ; and I : do not; fcnamthat I
have ever féen tmore than two of them, one of; which i s in uiiy.
poffeffion. The body is round, about the fize> of an orange,. and
nearly of the feme fliape. Thé mouth and anus are placed at the
top and the bottom, as in the other kind. • Fromuthis.I conclude,
that the ‘EofiftruifttpiE'of the internal parts likewife jis fimilariin
bothkinds / for I dare' not ópen that in my poffëffion, becaulè i t
would utterly ilpoilrit. i Thé difference in the external; parts ‘is
very great, for the prickles are for the nlbft part near.&ur^inches
long, and as thick as a goofe-quill.; They »are .quite hard and
eejfipaift, except that there' is a little iharrow in them. |Afr one
end they ftand irregularly, but- at the other énd they are regal
larly difpolêd in ten rows, there being -fiye prickles in eachi'rok.r
two or three of thefe rows ftand elofer together than the rëft;: lb
that one canhot rput a finger between; then there follows a fpace
twice as wide : and i t has ^b^jnickfes--bnithe fidésf which .are
remarkably large, On thé ; flat; lidé underneath, and near ‘the
mouth, there are fcveral fmaller prickles; bufcl-Ganiicrt juftly fay ih;
what order they ftand, becaufe moft of them are broken? .off in the,
fpecimen I preferve. .The .round body/br fhell itfelf, is no.t, like
the common kind, finooth at the ^c^lofea^fbut ïjs; ra th e r; furr’d
over; but this I cannot particularly dèferibe^^rl h|(ve'never feen
them perfeél, or frelh out of;the water.. ^Anjoiigft. theA-mign
writers, whether ancient or modern, I cannot' find: thé leaft intimation,
of any thing that refembles this fpecies. ,
^■•^È.rC T. VI. .!;
I now come to thole lea-animals which havé' a hardvand thin
Ihell, form’d like a veftmént,- which yields tor the:motions : of the
body and limbs. Of this kind are LpbftejsS* Cfaw-fifh, Crabs;
and Shrimps.
TheLobfter is formed like aGraw-rfiih, but is five or fix times
as-large; with eight {mail, and two large .claws] or feet#< From
Eafter to Midfummer they are fat and plump, and fit. for .the
.• * Whether there may be amongft- Lobfters,. as ;among£t feyeral other Filh, extraordinary
large and giant-like individuals, -I cannot afcertainbut I am credibly
informed,j that atXJdvasr, in the parifh of Evenvigs, there is.often feen by the filher-
men a -kind of over-grown Lobfters, fo large and frightful that they dare not attack
them pand it is laid that there is a. full fathom betwixt the tips of their claws,-by
jjfhieh one.may judge.oftheir lize, tho’ they are never feen entirely ; for they hide
thcmfclves’; in the weeds and.rufhes, which all Lobfters are fond. of.»
rtbfe. After that «ime ^ y faH'éwa^iand theybke’Mfefcall their
-Aell. Ta.Apply th e place,jofi the old fhell/ a new one, that
sis >,thinner, is immediately prepared by matufe; which, in lefe than
-eight days, acquires ialmtfft the -fame .degree- ;.of hardnefs as the
sptbsr; The male Lob-far is’ known by the taal.;. whichis narrower
-than -that jof tho female:; and it feerns as if it Were pinched in.
The female is'broader, and .‘is reckoned theanoft delicate.: They
keep on the feady bottom sad in the g m r e \, or in d ie l cracks o f
th e rocks.; but 'moft- frequendy amougfi th e w e e d s and yufhes,
;jfeom which they -probably -’Wpeive the .gmartdft nouriftnnent.
They eat allb various- fiorfe tpE young $Sfh. The greatest ‘enemy
■the Loblfer has ;is ^hei^earfaJ^I ivdioTilikias.aXery thing that is
.•hard j^ exe®cife:hh^te»thi:npQa!. When th e hobfier is iptitfued,
And wantsM g e t aw ^ 'in ahurry, iheylfey! M bendsshis; tail, anti
>7 preffingiit, .flxoves himfelf alongbackwards; fo.diatribe head
> dragged-afeer the hindtpart. Formerly they rufedito takeEob-
üers here with Wooden pincers; hutSs- fhey are hurt by bein£
.fqueezedj and ufeftlly die two or three days after; they n o longer
• that method.. In, thbfe places, feém whence they Method of
^ p o r t them akfeinEobfler-bufies; they are-caughtonlyJin'whatS^T®
wé call TenAr. This is a machine fdompdfad pfetfeverainhoops
^savemd -with.a fi-sèung-net.; ^ ekdh end there ö aó ló n g <£®d harrow
entrance, .fid that the Eobfter, when h e is once, in, cannot
-eafily find his way out again. In fome> places ithey ufe teiner,
like eel-baskets, madeof the roots :qf ‘juniper-trees, which they
fend th e bell; for this purpofe i: in théfe they ‘generally hang lbme
-other .Fish for ,a bait, and in each teiner that is tfkftened with a
jpopé, »nd -thrown into the water, they catch-'abbut ten or-twfelvb
p n a night.
? How many thoufands there; are in the whole annually catch’d Nomben and
and exported may be judged by this / that from the beginning ExI>ort^lüon•
o f the prefent century thiare have been in our ports every. Spring,
at Jéafl _g:p. or jff.o Eobfler-»buflfes .from London and Amiletdam^
which are loaded with dive iLobfiers only. TheCe weffels are
contrived for fthe (f©?«ice, evejy terne^^ Jbmg proyjded with^■.£ weM,
p B H room, with a^Beat pumbfir o f holes bored through the
bottom, and big enough toehold io .o r 12000 Lobfters in the
Talt-water, their proper element. About the beginning pf the
Spring they make better,voyages than they do in Summer, when
roe air begins to grow warm. Tf the voyage be prolonged ;by
calms or contrary winds, the Lobfters, being .too much confined,
are apt to d ie ; .and 'this pareicularly’happens if there comes thunder,
which they fay hurts them more than any thing. In this cafe
«Bart II. Y y , the