Show lobsters bad character the scotch fishery board in its third annual report gives the following as the characteristics ot the lobster it Is an essentially surly suspicious and unsociable elsh and regards anything that comes near it as its toe the main motive of its ac la defense and in defending itself it manifests a blind and lenting vengeance it procures a hole la which to wait for its prey and to which to retire after a fight andja Is then unsafe for any animal to ap it its keenness of attack and relent less hold when once it has gripped its antagonist are due to its want of sight the eye 0 the lobster Is so sensitive that strong light blinds it although it possesses keen sight when first hatched the lobster 13 practically blind later in life it sees nothing properly but simply has the sensation of light and shadow it tests a shadow with its antennae and sometimes when a strong shadow la cast on it the lobster will leap at it on the off chance that it Is a foe the fighting tendency makes it dif to keep lob seters in confinement when once they have settled down however they will live at peace with one another but it Is only an armed neutrality and if one of the elsh ever loses its fighting pow er it Is at once attacked by the others american shipping |