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house before being eaten. The common brown shrimp, and the 

 pink shrimp are also largely eaten. The swimming crabs are 



FIG. 63. The Common Hermit Crab, lying beside the whelk-shell which it 



inhabits. 



Fie.. 64. A Swimming Crab. 



distinguished by the flattening of the hinder pair of legs which 

 thc-y u?c as paddles, and are thus enabled to sustain themselves 

 for a short time in the water. These are very common in 



