Part 7

Australia, a land of contradictions, 66, 67.

Ava, wreck of the, 111, 112; diving for the treasure, 112.

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.

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.