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CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



are numerous enough to make flower-basket hunting 

 a remunerative occupation for some time to come. It 

 is perfectly impossible, even with the aid of pictorial 

 illustration, to give an adequate idea of the elegance 







and beauty of this extraordinary production. Of cornu- 

 copise form, and of the finest Brussels lace texture, it 

 stands like a network vase among a tuft of crystal 

 threads. The cover, like that of some antique flagon, 

 crowns the top, and completes the strange resemblance 



