A Sagacious Lobster

A striking instnncc of sagacity ín lobster is recorded by Mr. Baikor, of th Rothesay Aquarium, in a letter to one c the Scotch papers. It seeins that tlirc lobsters were placed in a tauk previousl occupied by flat fish, and in whicb, it advertently, a flounder liad beeu ]el buried in the shingle, where it (li One of the lobsters, " a veteran of nj usual size," soon discovered the dea body of the flounder, and, ilr;igging j from its resting place, retircd with it i a córner of the tank. Shortly afterman it was uoticed Üiat the flounder t?. missing. It was impossible that th lobster could have eaten it in the time and the handle of a net revenled tho fa tliat upon the ajiproach of the two les lobsters he liad buried the flounder lie ileath a heap of shingle, on which I now mormted guard. Five times -vvithii two liours waa tte flounder unciutlt i and as often did the wily lobater rebnr it with his huge claws, ea4i time ihccej ing the pile and turning a boVl front k his companions.