I'd Rather Go Crabbing 



by Samuel Hopkins Adams . . . painting by Crawford Livingston 



DEVOTEES of Izaak Walton look down upon the humble crab. 

 I have heard salmon fishermen, for example, compare crab- 

 bing unfavorably with their pet and somewhat pretentious sport. 

 Admitted that there is a difference. 



The sportsman angler travels several hundred miles, spends 

 several hundred dollars and a couple of weeks, and maybe gets 

 a salmon. On the other hand, maybe he doesn't. The crabber 

 outfits for a dollar, if extravagant, strolls down to the nearest 

 tidewater, angles for a couple of hours, and catches perhaps 

 twenty crabs. On the other hand, maybe he catches fifty. 



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