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the dealers, telling them that Frank Buckland would, in 

 all probability, pay them a visit of inspection. It is need- 

 less to add that when he paid his contemplated visits he 

 found that all the undersized crabs had disappeared, at 

 which of course he was very much pleased, and made a 

 great boast as to how well the standing order had been 

 obeyed ; but, however, you can well imagine the mirth of 

 Frank Buckland and the rest of us when, at the breakfast- 

 table, Mrs. Buckland informed us how she had risen early 

 and forestalled all her husband's intentions. 



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