Special catalogue of the Chinese collection of exhibits for the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883.

  • Chinese Maritime Customs Service
Date:
[1883]
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Credit: Special catalogue of the Chinese collection of exhibits for the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 228 229 230 231 These curious crabs would remind one of the cuckoo, as they seize on any empty shell and make it their dwelling. The Chinese assert that even though a shell may have been empty for a year or more, if a crab takes up its quarters in it, the shell will grow as the crab does. They maintain that the crab imparts vitality to the shell. Crab: -fc JJifl f[Ij, Ta chiao hsien. (Anping.) “Big-footed genii.” These are caught by hand in large numbers. They are ground up and made into a kind of sauce, and eaten as a relish by poor people. Crab : $4 fa fpj, Hai ho shang. (Anping.) Crab : fa fp] ff, Hai ho shang tzu. (Anping.) “ Little sea priest.” Not eaten. Crab: & ^f, Hai sha ma. (Anping.) “ Sea sand horse.” Not eaten. Caught in No. 28 bag net (Class I). Crab: , Mo shang tzu. (Anping.) “ Devil young priest.” Not eaten. Crab: ij$, Pu hsiin. (Anping.) This is a very rare kind of crab. Caught in No. 28 bag net (Class I). Not eaten. Sea Dragon: jfc ||, Hai lung. (Anping.) g. Fish. Globe Fish: j£i) fj§£ IS, Tz‘u kuei yii. (Lambay Island.) Fish: $1] 15, Tz'u yii. (Lambay Island.) Fish : |f, Shih chii. (Lambay Island.) Fish: jfe §j§ ft JJ, Hai Kuan-Ti tao. (Anping.) This little fish bears the name “ Sea God of War’s sword,” from the resemblance it is supposed to bear to that warrior’s weapon. It is too small and full of bones to be eaten. Caught in No. 28 bag net (Class I). Union Fish: $ft |j| ,15, ClTi lin yii. (Anping.) * This curious fish is very rarely caught. May be eaten. Caught in No. 28 bag net (Class I). Father-lasher: &£ jrP 15, Hung hu yii. (Anping.) Grows from 3 to 6 inches in length. Supposed to resemble the tiger; hence the name “red tiger Father-lasher: Jg, Hu yii. (Anping.) Same species as No. 230, Class V, above, but black instead of red.