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THE HERMIT CRAB. 



CRAFTY HERMIT CK\K.-Pagurus calldus. 



incommode them no more than the hundredweight of steel inconvenienced an ancient 

 knight. They spar with great address, guarding the only vulnerable point with the large 

 claw, and threatening the adversary at the same time with that weapon. At last one of 

 them makes a dash, the pair grapple, the weaker is gradually overcome, the stronger pushes 



