^>^i THE CRAB. 



In this painful manner does the lobiler attain its li^ 

 berty j but fo feeble is its condition, that it remains for 

 hours motionlefs, from the fatigue of the operation. 

 Many die in this violent crifis of their exiftence : Such 

 as furvive keep clofe to their dens for feveral days, 

 fhunning danger with all the timidity of worms, whofe 

 foftnefs and imbecility they thei) acquire. 



