When they once lay hold they will
rather leave the claw than let go. They
are caught by grasping tliciu by the
back, so they cannot turn the claw to
nip. As they only come out by night,
they are hunted with torches. Sime
negroes are expert in catching them,
often getting a barrel full in a few-
hours. They are sold at two or three
for a cent. They can be kept for a long
time in cages, fed with corn, Ac, and
used as required. These crabs could be
introduced into Florida. They would
thrive in the palmetto thickets, and
serve as a wholesome, delicious food for
our people. They are quite harmless
never injuring any cro costing noth
ing in any way, but are a great addition
to the ioor man's larder.
The perihelion passed the equator
about the year 5000 B. C.
In 1811 the printing-machine was in
vented by Koenig; it perfected 000
sheets in an hour.
Mersenni described the reflecting
telescope in 1539, and Hall made the
first achromatic in 1730.
The cold at Tabreez, in Persia, is so
intense in February that persons are
constantly frozen to death.
Wakes and annual feasts were estab
lished by the Teutons in celebration of
the salnt's-day of the parish church.
The Red Sea is as hot as any part of
the world. The thermometer ranges
during fourteen hours of the day from
94 to 112 degrees.
In 1819 Belzoni visited EI Wah, the
oasis containing the temple of Jupiter
Amman, It is in ruins, but he was not
allowed to approach it.
In 55 B. C. Britain was invaded by
Caesar, who landed in Kent, and after
marching beyond the Thames and
building Dover Castle, withdrew the
Romans.
