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fandy bottom, and are in -feafcn from Michaelmas-day to Chriftaias,
but reckoned to be fatter during ihe increafe, than -they are at the
dfeereafe of the moon They afë -caught in a tiiner, in fhefeme
manner as theLobfters are, and are reckoned by feme as well tafted,
ëfpeeiaily when they have a good deal' öf ipawn. The female
Grab has a broader tail than the male, %q covet -the private parts,
and 'both foxes have doublé genitals, according to Anderfen’s Ob-
_ ïèrvatiën, in his Description of Iceland, p, have ’before
©bferved this particular of Gul-haaen. I have alfo mentioned the
Grabs artifice in ’throwing a ftone between the fhéfls óf ‘thé Oyfter
tvheii open, fe that i t cannot fhut j and by that means foiling it
as -a prey. On the other hand, the Crab is conquered by4he15el,
hfliiöi twines itfelf about -that-creatar^^ claws, nhd^l^i^Vfeéziijg
itfëlf together, breaks them ‘off,- and
éagefdels. Pliny tells us^ Tjib dx. c. $ i. that Grabs-fight' with
one another as thé rams do^ by butting againfi: -each other with
the Snail Sharp horn they have on their heads f %Ut £ha?6"they
Should be at a certain time tr&n^fmédL%feë*'Scörpi®n&, is not a t
all probable. £ Sole cancri fignum tranfeunte '&'ipfoïuih | cum
exanirnati ‘fint corpus transfigurari infoorpiones narrantut in fifceo.’*
Gamater. The Garnater, =or ©ack-crab, is a Smallerflat ,c©f Grab, -with
a grey Shell. Thefekeep near the Shore, fe that:>biiè may take
them up with one’s hands; but they'are "only ufed for baits.
Thdfe, as well as Several other kinds' of Crabs, and' Such flow
crawling Ipecies, foem to be ordained by the wife and good-Creator,
as food for the whole tribe ef Flat-filh, wh-idh alfo are
flow in their motion, and ufiially five on the Sandy bottom, and
live chiefly on thofo crawling kinds.
Troid'krab- B The ‘Farife, or Trold-krabber, the Prickly Crab. Our 'fiffier-
b». men give it the latter name, Trold-krabber* becaufo-it is not .fit
to eat. I t is alfo called by feme the 'Séa-fpider, probably on account
of its long legs, whidh, on feme that T have in my pof-
feffion , are a foot long ; though the body is not much bigger than
a D ade Crab, only a litfle thicker. The fore-part in mis kind
is oval, and there is a pretty long horn growing from the forehead,
which is divided at the end into two points. The body, as
well as the long legs of this Grab, is covered with prickles. Oa
this amount O h g .|a c . in Mulieo Reg. p. 112, calls this fort
•Cancer ïipinofus. Matth. Hen. Schadtius fays, that the Trold-
hrahber (though he does not 'Call it by any particular name, for
-the names were'entbdy unknown to hirff, but by the defeription
fle muff mean this kind of Grab) by changing its colour, prognosticates
a fudden change of weather. “ Rarum certe eft naturae
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