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 a peron on horeback, to trample them under his hore's feet; and it is diverting to hear the rutling they make among the leaves on the ground, to get out of the way. Of thee, and the black fort, is made a favourite dih, called there, pepper pot; which is made of crabs picked from the hells, tewed with Indian cale, and pods of Guinea pepper, and eat with a pudding made of Indian corn flour, or rice; this dih is eteemed by mot of the inhabitants.

Some people have crab pens, or places made like fowl coops, for the purpoe of keeping them alive, for ome time after they are caught; feeding them with potatoe vines, Indian corn, herbage and water. This method is certainly the bet to prevent the danger to be apprehended from eating them; as, notwithftanding the greatet caution in procuring them from particular places only, they have proved fatal