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CRAR^ SHRDir, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



dred acres of meadow hay to get in, and tlie barometer 

 at change. So we left our funny, clever, energetic little 

 friends with a good speed, hard at it, making hay whilst 

 the sun shone. 



These little fellows, we have every reason to think, 

 are purely inland in their habits, and we know of no 

 instance of their being known to travel either singly 

 or in bodies to the sea coast. A member of the same 

 genera, represented in the annexed cut, is found in 



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many parts of the south of Europe, forming burrows 

 for itself in the river banks, and from this habit 

 obtains the name of Theljjhusa Jtuviatilis. Few speci- 

 mens reach three inches in length, and the colour is by 

 no means inviting, being of a dingy yellow. Yet it 

 appears to have attracted much attention amongst the 

 ancients : both Aristotle and Hippocrates knew it well. 



