A DAY IN THE DEEP WOODS. 



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have pursued our way, for they sometimes travel by 

 thousands. A very old French writer gives the only 



v account 



that we 



can rind 



of these 



& crabs ; and 



. were it not 



that I had seen 



them on the 



march, there are 



some things he 



says the truth of 



which I should be 



inclined to doubt. 



They 



live not ■ - 



only in a kind 



of orderly and "«*-' 



quiet society in their 



retreats in the mountains, but regularly once a year 



march down to the seaside in a body, some millions 



at a time. They choose the months of April and May 



to begin their expeditions, and then sally out from the 



OTfcF -1" 

 An Army of Prabs. 



