118 CRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



* ' Sky, sun, and sea, were all the universe, 

 The sky, one blue interminable arch 

 "Without a breeze, or wing, or cloud ; the sun 

 Sole in the firmament, but in the deep 

 Eedoubled ; where the circle of the sea, 

 Invisible with calmness, seems to lie 

 "Within the hollow of a lower heaven." 



We could willingly thus gossip on, and prolong the 

 journey" on wliicli our companion the reader has so far 

 accompanied us, but all rambles amongst the rocks, or 

 elsewhere, must have an end ; our journey in search of 

 crustacean lore can be no exception to this stern law, 

 and we bid our fellow-pilgrim a cordial adieu until we 

 meet again to ramble forth, staff in hand, cockle-shell 

 in hat, and wallet on shoulder, to gather fresh stores of 

 some other lore, so lavishly scattered along the pleasant 

 paths where Nature, in all her goodness and beauty, 

 beckons us to follow. 



