57 2 
THE CRAB. 
In this painful manner does the lohfter attain its li- 
berty ; but fo feeble is its condition, that it remains for 
hours motionlefs, from the fatigue of the operation. 
Many die in this violent crifis of their exiftence : Such 
as furvive keep clofe to their dens for feveral days, 
fhunning danger with all the timidity of worms, whofe 
foftnefs and imbecility they then acquire. 
