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it, it 's under my seat, it 's bitten my foot ! " 

 cried the poor woman. My friend had to 

 do something. "Ladies and gentlemen," he 

 shouted, " it 's all right. A few little crabs that 

 I had in a basket have escaped that 's all." 

 That was all, was it? Every woman in the car 

 jumped shrieking upon the seats, and quiet 

 was restored only when the last crab had been 

 kicked off the rear platform by the brake- 

 man. 



If taken properly, the crab is the most harm- 

 less of dangerous beasts. Bear in mind that if 

 you take a crab firmly where the hind-legs join 

 his body, he cannot get at you with his nip- 

 pers; also that any quick motion disconcerts 

 the crab for the moment, and you will be 

 master of the situation. By a little experi- 

 menting you will find the exact place where a 

 crab may safely be seized, and possibly some 

 places where it is not safe. Rapid passes be- 

 fore the eyes of a crab appear to paralyze him. 

 If, therefore, you quickly turn him over and 

 over until you see an opportunity of seizing 

 him by the hind-leg close to the body, there is 

 not one chance in five that the crab will get 



