Note 2206 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
John Bostock translation
Cuvier remarks, that he himself had often seen the “langouste,” or large lobster, as much as four feet in length, and the “homard,” usually a smaller kind, of an equal size. The length, however, given by Pliny would make six or eight feet, according to the length of the cubit.