262 nature's teachings. 



Crab has held so tightly, that the man has been drowned by the 

 returning tide, no one having come to his assistance. I am, 

 however, inclined to doubt this statement, thinking that the 

 Crab would not be likely to remain in its hiding-place very 

 ong after the water came up. Still, that such an idea should 

 be currently believed in many parts of England shows the 

 estimation in which the gripe of the Crab's claw is held. 



