CHAPTER IV.. Edible Crab--Shore Crab--Spider Crab, Etc.

EDIBLE CRAB--SHORE CRAB--SPIDER CRAB, ETC.

The Partane--Its character defended--Crustaceous demons--The wolf and the lamb--Interesting anecdote--Reason and instinct--Anecdote of the Shore crab--'The creature's run awa''--A crustaceous performer--The Fiddler crab--A little prodigal--Singular conduct of the Shore crab--The minute Porcelain crab--Maia squinado--Hyas araneus--Maia and C. mænas--Anecdote--The common Pea crab--Pinna and Pinnotheres--The Cray fish--Masticatory organs of crabs--Fishing for crabs--Crab fishers, 63