. Crab, shrimp, and lobster lore, gathered amongst the rocks at the sea-shore, by the riverside, and in the forest. Shrimps; Crabs; Lobsters. CRABS. •JO The subject of the annexed iUustration is the com- mon slender Spider Crab {Stenorynchns tenuirostris)^ frequently captured on our own coast. Some of these queer gentr}^, near relatives of his, are as prickly as a chestnut husk, and have claws like crooked tobacco- pipe stems. 1^0 cook even in the last stage of insanity could hope to utilize Then we have the soft-tailed, Soldier, or Hermit Crabs, who, because they are insufficiently cla
. Crab, shrimp, and lobster lore, gathered amongst the rocks at the sea-shore, by the riverside, and in the forest. Shrimps; Crabs; Lobsters. CRABS. •JO The subject of the annexed iUustration is the com- mon slender Spider Crab {Stenorynchns tenuirostris)^ frequently captured on our own coast. Some of these queer gentr}^, near relatives of his, are as prickly as a chestnut husk, and have claws like crooked tobacco- pipe stems. 1^0 cook even in the last stage of insanity could hope to utilize Then we have the soft-tailed, Soldier, or Hermit Crabs, who, because they are insufficiently clad by nature, seize on the first convenient shell they can discover, and then, by adroitly introducing the point of the tail, slip into it, much as a skilful stage demon vanishes through a vampire trap. Vacant shells are not always selected as mansions; those with inhabit- ants are not unfrequently taken possession of, when a process of forcible ejectment is had recourse to, and the hapless mollusc is soon gobbled up, and his house D. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lord, William Barry. London, G. Routledge and Sons
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