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CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



formed. When Shrimping with the pole-net, it is a 

 good plan to carry a rough, fork-ended wand, with 

 which to probe crevices between rocks, too small or 

 narrow to admit the net. The largest Prawns often 

 take advantage of such retreats, and dart into them 

 o;i the least alarm. It is well before wading into a 

 promising-looking pool, to cast a sharp, scrutinising 



glance into it, when the Prawns will frequently be seen, 

 out of their haunts, sailing about amongst the weeds 

 and ledges with extraordinary grace and elegance of 

 movement, their long feelers and hah-like antennae 

 spreading out and waving in ceaseless play. By intro- 

 ducing the net cautiously, a number of these gad- 

 abouts may be taken before sufhcient distui'bance is 

 caused to send them off to their lurking-places, to 

 which, when really alarmed, they shoot with the speed 

 of an arrow. The fugitives generally seek a place of 

 concealment as near the surface as possible, and it is 



