Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-18

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tuKe - Feet across


reporter who happened iulo TIE mpepm
at1ral history ia New yort the Httcf
II ran dcroaf q uatufsifli VINO We tkfil
.ais acuriuuA object
hsl's crab, qsid be- iiitins ca enorm
tlis something lhat might hsyc sefYea ~
81 f5r q iarso.si1cd turtle and enc 81 The
feaat fnnWu "fhis Is ully tiie ier shell
IL leat were unfortunately lost, auu I yun
asiontshed IL this 4ou VII probably
! aE thbt ] "a drawing Ga ms iHasinaiina
* - lay that the crab when fit4e was
aty lwo feet across
l4afed. yf light yellow hue. aaa avlni
Us teol ecress he ese'siaiff ven W.
fir'.es 10 height and between them 81
as I'D upward lang. sharp spiae mat
u.fsid have hcou q Formidable weapon II
ihe liant was iisposef 70 use j
you could sce one n ihsse lt3nTs
-iife. continued the naturalist 'uH1 under
~ circumstances thai dld, yeu Npwln >
i.4sst n / caught his fellow IA aalt They
fannd IA 1apan tnd Known A. rprk q
crabs fhs she'll o. tne iarEe one A.
q ID length oi about two feet and iescn
moss covered rock From Il branch
iaat thet als truly snurruufi end - ]
snid this ore when crawling along
tiislifs claws e panied would stretch nom
re 10 on ere e anoihef - ie''i twenty W.
had heard Of shsss Giants. I'm bed no
ii4s shat ihey STAINED fhif cuurm0us sige.
ifg when I arrived IA Japan l teon hr.
fffIft IIiF N tlft AFNN4lfAHh NftN NNHA A'NHN'lfF
ai stories aud soon iouad q man who snil
hs could take ICE % Apni wnrfe they could
44,e t,Ieht We started one Afternoon GA Que
a tissmail aatlys boats aud .lhied ihe bay
4 eycn oil eight miles. finally ArnYins A
II mouth Of a small Tifef. Here He went
n.i,nre aud the 1apaneae soon iiSfef np 9
trhf ~ rush, IL which We were 80 pfts Tn
nifhs. a. a wa arlyaiier inrh tibet De sef
sisders uonid be sshn, u was Qnak wben "
y tchsd TIM spot. And fat thrte moitm gonn
90 al there spffchieas NafohinE the shore
The lido uai on the obj. und hAHlli
the Fishermen Rraaped me fntaeniy b. ~
atia and pointed down the shore 2 WAY, nns
ttete snon ninde cut cufloutl ieAaNefipi
nii.acs nntiue ~ eAy Up Qua ~ thf water
The Moon ss6s rising aud Ht every move tn
efaalnrn elislorsd aud snatklea a. y VA
afcunhad With molten sii9ct pr y come
nniii finally could make on lite outline Q
siranlie crab That was undertaking thl
Hfrfah-ifka onhfaticn oil leaving the Aate
AMI taking . dry iHiidl J Hnitea uhlii lhl
sHiinol stopped and showed Agns ihai !
Heuld 10 no hinhef, and then flAhrd out
msklnf for the water, 10 ~ 70 head II on
hnd pl1riaoI myself with snrso siick
ana 1904 lonad that ! should have y
tse Il, ~ The momfnt the huge cree
fhre saw us Il started iOf the Whicf, crawl
iae along sideways At No mean rate 81 speed
u ulaced myself ~ fr0ud y Il, nut on thl
creature came, holding aloft LIS two claws
s.feh Of which wss Ten feet long, and w th'
time il reached re stepped adde. and wa
father in \ 4naldary, Ak wanted N securl
itentirr' me Jep whs talking and yallini
fep,a hing that cnuie not luderrt1ud Huf
AID souiy rfs ped oar q he big claw tee
iu4 hi gsme srsbhed the nthsfi ana held
~ a. p'eii aAwa could, mud, vonid yeu be
lesa, the strength 81 the animal we suni
taat We could not Atand ftilp We pulled L
oisrasiic directors beveyer. and 10 thi
eaf iftsd be animM from the srnund IN
sefHle VIZ aeie holding on, the crab, ~
quick movement, threw "a ilt large claws
IS you have probably seen small eu"s DC
aud over We went hcadiong into the mud
oarh holding n claw, while the crRl
fin.A I fresh start lor the water. We dropped
flIe claw sod soon he'd i, nad a native r0pi
4aloAy had g powerlessi although lis sifug
sles % escape and the strength dispayet
were mafyalous--that Is, IA CRAB. ffolnt
thai the crabs came upon the shore ever.
sffeht and wandered about TO ICED, it "a BE
saiaed. on The muddy Hats Before morn
iuR No ranght enoihef and so 1iipf QUE tia
hsd kpfe4a . aleu- ton ieta We htNi
king Grabs hers. but inean feiieWs we're thl
klfga n the crab family, sure enough
tapk Il 30 japan and shipped Il 10 New forl
gfWC boxes, but unfortunately the un'
containing the clewe WIS Lost, Rnd haVl
piilythe shell 70 tell tho story There arg
hawevef. several goad specimens IN thil
country. Harvard college, has fair speei
inen. but nolas large az these J have men
tened
@wha, arc they rood forg Wen ~ Jaraf
they are tateh Just ~ We eHt crabs here ih'
rseai claws are The only. really Yaluanl,
enpugh TO enppiy a whole family Then
t5aib the shsil is bfuktn up and made int
curious medicine taken ~ thc natives
and. cnriuusy enough, they also make 3
medicine Out % a fossil crab that they get
he back country, Though this crab y tbs
iarFest, Il Is not Hs powerful rs the iam0us
talin tree crab OF the islands south Of iapaH
and In The Indian archipelago.