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much prized for food; the one shown in Figure 347 

 is sold in great numbers in the markets of New- 

 York and Philadelphia. Hermit Crabs have the hind 



Fig. 345. —Fiddler Crab. 



Fig. 346. — Bait Shrimp. 



Fig. 347. — American Edible Crab. 



part of the body long, soft, and tapering, and they 

 take up their abode in empty univalve shells, which 

 they drag about with them wherever they go, and 

 they look as though they were the real and original 

 owners of the houses wliich they live in. When a 

 Hermit Crab becomes too lara'e for the shell which it 



