4m 



HERMIT CRABS. 



the beach; two large sjirciiiH 'lis, tliati found, had 

 ear." 1 1 t;ik rn possessinii of the Do/} urn perdiv, or 

 partridge slielL to wliicli tlirv wt re as firmly 

 attached as if iii tlieir natural habitation. The 

 mtstac^us portimt ioi animals k of «. hsm^ 

 tifiil Hlaie colour, the softer parts yellow, and the 

 antennfE of a dark red colonr ; the natives call 

 them Ijy tlic general name of Sepo f ' the 

 smaller kind inhabit MuriceSj Trochi, Neni(B^ 

 M^es, Ly^memi {kt^M^ dtid o$|i«r i^jilfalite 

 e&elk. lit wm^ iimtaisces I saw ll^irge ^leSa of 



Marpa, 3ce-, falffliibited l.>y very small animals of 

 thh kind, movffig. their heavy and cuml)rons 

 dwelling slowly and with difhculty ; there were 

 Btmm of a red^ and oth^ ^ a ^a-^eeiti ^dour, 



liko, Hity mi iidu ehang^ of mlmt depend 



upon their age ? 



Tiie Pagurii feed upon dead animals, fish, and 

 aU Mnd^ of diBfel, as well as vegetable matter, 

 sQ^liit^ $ldns of plantafnt, remains t^ii^^oanutst 

 fettiliii&i, I have oftt ii o1>sejfvi6d 2i nttmber of 

 tll€&e creatures of various sizes conglJegated about 

 a dead and putrid fish, and it is ludicrous, on 

 disturbing them in the midst of their feast, to 

 see them nwBPcWng: iway, |ijmMing and. ow- 

 inrDlng one another in the Jbiirrf , causing a 



