There is a curious practice followed by dealers in lobsters, arising out of the action of the wonderful claws with which these crustacea are provided. Concerning the odd mode of obtaining the supplies of this favorite delicacy, a writer in the Quarterly Review (No. 189) says: "Where do all the lobsters come from? The lovers of this most delicious of all the crustaceous tribe will probably be astonished to learn that they are mainly brought from Norway. France and the Shetlands do, it is true, contribute a few to the metropolitan market; but fully two-thirds are relentlessly, and with much pinching and twisting, dragged out of the thousand rock-bound inlets which indent the Norway coasts. The fighting, twisting, blue-black masses are taken, as soon as purchased, to what are termed the "boiling houses," of which there are four, situated in Dark and Love Lanes, near Billingsgate.
