The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . of the beft of the Lobfter Kind. The Lazy Crab. THIS is a very large beautiful Back is generally full of fmall Knobs of a pale-fcarlet Co-lour ; guarded here and there, but efpecially about the Edges of theBack-Shell, with fliort fharp Prickles. It hath four ftrong Legs on a Side ; thefe are covered over with aftiort brownifh Hair or Pile, and are likewife, in the Male Crab, defendedwith Prickles, the laft Joint of each Leg ending in a fharp Point. Its two great Claws, from the Setting-on to the Body to their Extremi-ties, are often ten
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . of the beft of the Lobfter Kind. The Lazy Crab. THIS is a very large beautiful Back is generally full of fmall Knobs of a pale-fcarlet Co-lour ; guarded here and there, but efpecially about the Edges of theBack-Shell, with fliort fharp Prickles. It hath four ftrong Legs on a Side ; thefe are covered over with aftiort brownifh Hair or Pile, and are likewife, in the Male Crab, defendedwith Prickles, the laft Joint of each Leg ending in a fharp Point. Its two great Claws, from the Setting-on to the Body to their Extremi-ties, are often ten Inches long. The very Tips of the two meeting Claws, with which it holds its Prey,remarkably differ from all other Crabs, by their great Breadth, as well asby their feveral regular Indcntings, which, when they clofe together, fallas regularly into their Sockets as the oppofite Sides of a Pair of Nippers. A Claw of one of thefe uncommon Crabs may be feen in the Colle^lioixof Mr. Peter Collinfon. The Whole is delineated in Plate XXV. Fig. i. Tie. I BooklX. I/land BARBADOS. 263 The Horsman-Crab or Ben-Trotters. THIS fmall whitifh Crab, which is generally to be found betweenhigh and low Water-Mark, and is called Horfeman from its greatSpeed in fecuring itfelf, either by running into its Hole, or the Sea, isfar lefs than the white Land-Crab: Its Number of Feet are equal. The Club-Men. THESE are very fmall Crabs, near as fmall as thofe called the She-Biters. They are to be feen near the Edges of falt-water Marfhes; theyburrow in thefe fandy and clayey Places. Their Claws are very large, in proportion to their Bodies: From hence itis faid that they derive their Name. The She-Biters. THESE are very fmall Crabs, inhabiting the Backs are not wider than an Englijh Claws, in proportion, are very large. The Long-legged very small White Crab, THE Body of this is not larger than an EngliJJ? Silver very flender Legs are at leaft a Foot and an half long, a
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