 | 482 pages
...fnch a manner th;it the .nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them imo his bag. Sometimes alfb they are caught when they take refuge in the bottoms of holes in rocks by the fea-fide, by clapping a ftrck to the mouth of the hole, which prevents their getting out ; and then... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 454 pages
...a manner that the nippera cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sonietim.-; alfo they are caught when they take refuge in the bottoms of holes in rocks by" the fea-lide, by clapping a flick at the mouth of the hole, which prevents their getting out-, arid then... | |
 | Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pages
...futh a manner that the nippers cannot touch him,, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes alfo they are caught when they take refuge in the bottoms of holes in rocks by the fca-fide by clapping a ftick to the mouth of the whole, which prevents their getting out ; and then... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Some, times also they are caught when they take refuge in the...their getting out ; and then, soon after, the tide coming, enters the hole, and the animal is found, upon its ebbing, drowned in its retreat. These crabs... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...dexterous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes also...their getting out ; and then, soon after, the tide coming, enters the hole, and the animal is found upon its ebbing, drowned in its retreat. These Crabs... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into bis bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take...their getting out ; and then, soon after, the tide coming, enters the hole, and the animal is found, upon its ebbing, drowned in its retreat. These crabs... | |
 | 1820 - 188 pages
...dexterous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs in such a manner, that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take refuge at the bottom of holes, in rocks by the sea-side, by clapping a stick at the mouth of tl:e hole, which... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 pages
...crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus be throws them into his bag. Sometimes also they are...rocks by the sea-side, by covering the mouth of the bole, to prevent their getting out ; and then, soon after, the tide coming, enters the hole, and the... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 pages
...dextrous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs in such a manner, that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take refuge in (he bottoms of holes-in rocks by the sea-side, by covering the mouth of the hole, to prevent their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...them by the binder legs, in such a manner that its nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws it into his bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take refuge at the bottom of holes, in rocks by the sea-side, by clapping a stick at the mouth of the hole, which... | |
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The instant the animal perceives itself attacked, it throws itself on its back, and with its claws pinches most terribly whatever it happens to fasten on. But the dexterous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers... 
