The ocean / By P. H. Gosse.

  • Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.
Date:
[pref. 1845]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The ocean / By P. H. Gosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pable of improvement, each filling its own peculiar place in its own circle, which the others could not fill. THE SHRIMPER. The Shrimp and Prawn, like the lobster, have the extremity of the body furnished with broad overlap- ping plates, strongly fringed, which, expanding in the shape of a fan, constitute a powerful fin. The body, a little behind the middle, has a remarkable bend downward, though it may be brought nearly straight. Their motion when swimming is very swift, and in a backward direction ; and is performed by striking the water forcibly with the tail-fin, the