194 MODS OF CAPTURING SHRIMPS, ETC. 



pebbles, or even by the more simple but more 

 tedious mode of baling; the collecting jar makes 

 a very good baling pan. By adopting either of 

 these plans, the surface of water soon becomes 

 contracted, and the imprisoned animals are driven 

 into narrower limits, from which they may be 

 extracted at leisure. 



On most sandy shores a curious appearance 

 may be seen bordering the skirts of the waves, an 

 appearance as if innumerable little grasshoppers 

 continually leaped into the air, and in some places 

 so numerous as to fill the air with a sort of 

 misty cloud, to the height of several inches from 

 the ground. Often as the promenader walks along 

 the sea-shore, his footsteps put up whole swarms 

 of these creatures, and induce him to catch them, 

 or rather to attempt their capture. Perhaps one 

 very large individual jumps into the air, and 

 comes down so determinately, that it is marked 

 out for a victim. Down comes the hand upon 

 the spot, but the creature has actively hopped 

 away, and is making off with a succession of 

 agile leaps, that remind one of a kangaroo or a 

 bull-frog. If the pursuer can drive the agile 

 creature from the sea, he may run it down after 

 a smart chase ; and when he has caught it he will 

 see that it is a little crustacean^ whose form xn^y 



