Crab, shrimp, and lobster lore

• A.
• Anemone, the, 44.
• Anthozoa, the living blossoms of the ocean, 31.
• Apicius, his love of crabs, 3;
• his journey to Africa in search of crayfish, 103.
• Apus productus, his curious habits, 88.
• Australia, a land of contradictions, 66, 67.
• Ava, wreck of the, 111, 112;
• diving for the treasure, 112.
• B.
• Baby Crabs, their curious forms and habits, 4.
• Baits, different kinds of, 19.
• Bêche-de-mer, the, 69;
• in great request in China, 69.
• Billingsgate Market, 81;
• number of lobsters brought to, 94, 95.
• Birgus latro, the, 45;
• his habits, 48, 51.
• Bismuth, change of colour effected by, 27.
• Boat’s creeper, use of the, 11.
• Boiling of crabs, 25;
• on the change of colour during the process, 26.
• Bopyrus crangorum, a parasite crustacean, 87.
• Burrowing crabs, 45, 57.
• C.
• Cancer of the Zodiac, 1;
• representation of the, 1, 2;
• depicted in heraldic devices, 3.
• Cancer dentatus, the, 63.
• Cancer pagurus, the edible crab of the shops, 8.
• “Cape pigeons,” 66.
• “Cape salmon,” 66.
• Cardium exignum, 43.
• Chads, capture of, 18.
• Chemistry, judgments created by, 27.
• Cherry of Australia, 67.
• Cochineal bug, colour produced by the, 27.
• Cocoa-nut eating crab, the, 45, 46, 48.
• Colour, change of, in boiling crabs, 26.
• Colours produced by different agencies, 27.
• Columbus, anecdote of, 67.
• Conger eels, their habits, 102.
• Coral-formed islands of the South Seas, 51.
• Coral reefs, marine creatures of the, 30.
• Cork-float, use of the, 19.
• Crabbe, the poet, lines from, 31.
• Crabbers, the professional ones, 9, 11.
• Crab-fishing, account of, 10, 11;
• materials to be provided, 11;
• by juveniles, 28;
• to be pursued at very low tides, 79.
• Crab-hook, use of the, 22.
• Crab-hunting expedition, 49.
• Crab-pots, or baskets for capturing crabs, 9, 11;
• of great utility, 14.
• Crab-sausages, the Roman method of preparing, 3.
• Crab whelks, 34.
• Crabs, historical notices of, 1, et seq.;
• the “Cancer” of the ancients, 2;
• the baby crabs, or Zoëa, 4:
• internal economy as curious as his external skeleton, 5;
• his liver an odd organ, ib.;
• his lungs or gills, 6;
• the shell-shifting process of, ib.;
• his unenviable position between the loss of his old shell and the secret of a new one, 7;
• the large edible crab of the shops, the most important member of the crab family, 8;
• the various methods by which crabs can be taken, 9, 10;
• the hooks and implements in general use, 11, et seq.;
• the use of the gut-knot, 17;
• a great number taken with the crab-hook, 22;
• methods of using it, 23;
• tenacity of their grip, ib.;
• how the haunts of the crab are discovered, 24;
• their pugnacity, ib.;
• judgment required to select a good crab for table, 24, 25;
• how to discover the sexes, 25;
• proper mode of boiling, ib.;
• the change of colour during the process, 26, et seq.;
• crab-fishing of juveniles, 28;
• the harbour or shore crab, 29;
• the swimming crab, ib.;
• the velvet swimming crab, 30;
• spider crabs, 32, 33;
• hermit crabs, 33;
• crab-whelks, 34;
• pea-crabs, 34, 41;
• contained in the Philippine Island sponge, 35, 37;
• small crabs in the shells of the great silk-yielding mussel, 39;
• the Pinna muricata, 40-42;
• the burrowing crabs, 45;
• the great cocoa-nut eating crab, ib.;
• excellent oil produced by, 49;
• crab-hunting expeditions, 48, 50;
• the land crab, 52;
• termination of the spawning season, 54;
• their cunning and activity, 54, 55;
• their quaint proceedings among the Mahratta jungles, 55;
• the genus Thelphusa and its habits, 55, 56;
• the sand crab, 57;
• the Gelasimus, ib.;
• the king crab, 58;
• humorous anecdote of, 60;
• crab-life on the coasts of Japan, 61, 62;
• on the coasts of Tasmania, 62;
• on the Chilian coasts, 63;
• the Chinese crab, ib.;
• the various and general species, 63, et seq.;
• the goat crab, 64;
• the Parthenope horrida, ib.;
• the Dromia lator, 64, 65;
• the Echinocerus cibarius, 65;
• the Pilumnus nespertilis, 66;
• the Planes minutus, 67, 68;
• the floating crabs, 68;
• the Southern Seas inhabited by legions of crabs, 68, 69;
• modes of catching them, 70, 71.
• Crawfish of America, 86.
• Cray-fish, or craw-fish, artificially propagated, 94;
• its natural habits, 100;
• fishing for, 100, 101;
• Walpole’s account of, 102;
• journey of Africans in quest of, 103;
• huge dimensions of, as recorded by Pliny, 104;
• tables of ancient Rome often garnished with, 104;
• the common one of rivers, 106;
• its great abundance, 107;
• its natural habits, 107;
• various methods for capturing them, 108;
• shifts his shell, 109;
• wonderfully prolific, 109;
• held in high esteem by the Greeks and Romans, 110.
• Creepers, use of the, 11, 12.
• Crustaceans, their shell-shifting process, 6, 7;
• of the deep, 31;
• the principal food of the salmonidæ, 12;
• endless types of, in the Southern and Eastern Seas, 61;
• their monstrous size and strength, 62;
• troughs for hatching, 93;
• their proximity to other races, 99.
• Cuffee’s attack on the land crabs, 53, 54.
• Cup-shrimps, 82.
• Cuttle-fish, the, 40, 41.
• Cyamus ceti, the, 84.
• D.
• Diver, fearful incident connected with the, 111, 112.
• Dredges for shrimping, 76.
• Dress for shrimping, 79.
• Dromia lator, the, 64.
• E.
• Echinocerus cibarius, the, 65.
• Eel-basket, how constructed, 10.
• Eel-grass, 99.
• Euplectella, the, 38.
• F.
• Feejee Islands, affection of a chief for a little midshipman, 3.
• Fairy shrimp, the, 87.
• Fiddler crab, the, 29.
• Fish, hooking of, 18.
• Fish-hooks, how to manage them, 12.
• Fishing, implements proper for, 17, 18.
• Fishing leads, 20.
• Fishing-tackle, of great utility, 14.
• Floating crabs, 68.
• Float-line, mackerel-fishing with the, 19.
• Flower-basket of the Philippine Islands, 35, 36;
• its curious shape and texture, 38.
• Frame-reel, use of the, 15.
• G.
• Gelasimus, a genus of crab, 57;
• his curious habits, 58.
• Goat crab, the, 64.
• Gray, Dr., on Venus’s flower-basket, 38, 39.
• Greenland whale, fed by shrimps, 83.
• Gut-knot, use of the, 17.
• H.
• Half-hitches, use of, 13.
• Hand-line fishing, 15.
• Harbour crab, the, 29.
• Hermit crabs, 33.
• Hooking of fish, 18.
• Hoop-net, the, 80.
• J.
• Japan, crustacean life on the coasts of, 61.
• K.
• Keer-drag, for shrimping, 75.
• Killick, use of the, 11.
• King-Crab, of the Eastern Seas, 58.
• L.
• Land crabs, 52;
• their extraordinary march towards the sea, 53;
• their return after the spawning season, 54;
• attack on, 55.
• Landing-net and gaff, 14.
• Leads for fishing, 20, 21.
• Leucosia urania, the, 63.
• Liver of the crab, 5, 6.
• Lobster-fishing, its great importance, 94, 95.
• Lobster pigment, soluble in spirits of wine, 26.
• Lobster season, 97.
• Lobster-shell green, 27.
• Lobsters, historical notices of, 90, et seq.;
• their powers of vision, 91;
• modes of capturing them, 92;
• their prolific nature, ib.;
• plans for artificial fecundation, and apparatus for, 93;
• numbers of brought to Billingsgate Market, 94, 95;
• large importation of, ib.;
• their popularity extends to all parts of the world, 96;
• strange use of them during the Indian war, ib.;
• shifting of their shells, when they become unfit for human food, 97;
• their care of offspring, 98;
• abundant on the coasts of British North America, ib.;
• captured by pic-nic parties, ib.;
• the spined lobster, 100;
• the crayfish variety, 100-102;
• swarms of, in the South American Seas, 102;
• fishing for, ib.;
• found on the coral reefs of the Mauritius, 105.
• (See Crayfish.)
• Loop slip, use of the, 13.
• Lucky stones, anecdote of the, 59.
• M.
• Mackerel-fishing, 19.
• Macrocheira-kœmpferi, the, 62.
• Mauritius, the coral reefs of, the great resort of Crayfish, 105.
• Mauve dresses, &c., tincture imparted to the, 27.
• Medusidæ, family of the, 31.
• Mithraculus coronatus, the, 63.
• Mytilus edulis, 41.
• N.
• Neptunus pelagicus, the, 63.
• Nets for shrimping, 75.
• Nets for shrimp-catching, 80.
• Nut crab, the, 59;
• anecdote of the, ib.
• O.
• Ocean, its broad expanse, a subject for profound meditation, 117.
• Oceanus crucifer, 63.
• Opossum of the shrimp family, 83, 84;
• fed on by the whale, 84.
• Ou-Ou, the, 45;
• his habits, 48.
• Oyster-knife, Roman, found near Cirencester, 3, note.
• P.
• Pagurus, the, 44.
• Parthenope horrida, 64.
• Pea-crab, the, 34, 41.
• Phipps, Captain, anecdote of, 113;
• his treasure-seeking adventures, 114;
• his important discoveries, 115;
• knighted by James II., ib.
• Pic-nic parties for lobster-fishing, 98.
• Pilumnus nespertilis, the, 66.
• Pinna, 39, 40;
• a shell-fish, 42;
• lines on, by Oppiannus, 42;
• different species of the, 41, 43.
• Pinnotheres, varieties of, 43, 44.
• Planes minutus, 67, 68.
• Plume corals, 113.
• Pole net for shrimping, 77, 78.
• Porcellana longicornis, the, 61.
• Pouting, capture of, 18.
• Prawns, historical notices of, 73, et seq.;
• capture of, 77;
• their aquatic haunts, 78;
• catching of, 80;
• their estimated value, 81;
• an excellent bait for salmon, 82;
• of very large size in the Carribean Sea, 86;
• parasite on the carapace of, ib.
• (See Shrimp.)
• R.
• Rag-worm, use of, as a bait, 18.
• Reels, use of, 16.
• Robins of the United States, 66.
• Rod-fishing, 18.
• Rods useful in fishing, 17.
• Romans, crabs appreciated by the, 2, 3.
• Round plait prepared salmon line, 15.
• S.
• Salmon-trip, how constructed, 10.
• Sand-crab, the, 57.
• Sand hopper, its natural habits, 116.
• Sand raiser, the, 72, 73.
• Sand-shrimp, the, 73.
• Sea fishing-tackle, of great utility, 14.
• Sea-flea, its natural habits, 116.
• Sepia, or cuttle-fish, 40.
• Serpent orders of the Indian Seas, lines on the, 32.
• Shark, fearful visit of the, 112.
• Shell-shifting process of crabs, 6;
• its difficulties and discomforts, 7.
• Shell, the inhabitants often dispossessed, and occupied by another, 33.
• Shore-crab, the, 29.
• Shrimp-fisheries for the supply of London and other markets, 81.
• Shrimps, historical notices of, 73, et seq.;
• often confounded with prawns, 73;
• named the “Sand-raiser,” 74;
• their cunning, ib.;
• contrivances for catching them, 74, et seq.;
• materials and implements for catching them, 79;
• dress for, ib.;
• advantage to be taken of low tides, 80;
• hoop-net used for taking them, ib.;
• fisheries for, 81;
• enormous quantities of, consumed in London, 81, 82;
• the endless variety of, yielded by the Indian and Chinese Seas, 85;
• and also by lakes, ponds, and streams, 87, 88;
• the fairy shrimp, 87.
• (See Prawns.)
• Silk-worm gut, 15.
• Silk-yielding mussel, 39.
• Skeleton of the crab, 5.
• Slugs, value of in the Chinese market, 71.
• Slug-hunters, 70.
• Smelts, capture of, 19.
• Soldier crabs, 33.
• South Seas, coral-formed islands of the, 51.
• Southern Seas, inhabited by legions of crabs, 68, 69.
• Spawning season of the land-crabs, 54.
• Spider crabs, 32, 33.
• Squat lobsters, 99.
• Swimming crabs, 29.
• T.
• Table, selection of a thoroughly good crab for the, 24, 25.
• Thelphusa fluviatilis, a genus of crab, 55;
• religions anciently connected with the, 57.
• Traps for catching crabs, 10.
• Traveller blocks, use of the, 21.
• Trepang of the Southern Seas, 69;
• process of boiling, 70.
• Troughs for hatching crustacea, 93.
• Trout-hooks, 18, 19.
• V.
• Velvet swimming crab, the, 30.
• Venus’s flower-basket, of the Philippine Islands, 35, 36;
• its curious texture, 36.
• W.
• Walpole’s account of fishing for crayfish, 102.
• Whelk-shells, 34.
• Whiting, capture of, 18.
• Y.
• Yoke-lines used in shrimping, 75.

R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, DREAD STREET HILL.