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Show WEE CANNIBAL L0B9TEA. Ihf f Dlf Cafaa la Mattel, tlhanr Thar ti I Ii,. Irailal Mallla. Ily Invitation of a well known natn rallt I had nottoriffattoannpnorlunity to wluices n cttrloui tight In an n'tia-rium n'tia-rium In which nbout a hundred jounj lubatert had Wen placml Voutift loUten are cannlluU of the very wont typo, ami can give t-olMa to the mutt terrible iiiantviterhiall Africa The lolMtera rind Jul )mM- out of iho awliumluft at tr and were arcn crawling nbout In th tank. The nk had K'Ai 'idea, giving an eictlhiit clini.ro lor clarratlon, and It had a cafvaclty of abou Qlty gallon of water At one side of the Interior of thea'jun rliiin had tvti plied Ure alohcr. with Oat aides, rcktlng on aamL Tlia earn! wm nliout two Inche deep, covering titer bottom. My In fori ii ant baM thnt thi tint per fcitiuftrices of lit young lob-tdn wlicit (ut Into tho tank wre vcy Intciwi Ing They gathered around the aide of the rtick. and with their autrmut almost ngaltitt the aioti, crma?d their rlawa In front of tltciu and luo.lng backward dragged piticliM ol aand n way front the atone. Tide ua rtv f4alel naln niid ngnln until A hole liad been tiiid big enottcli to hold tlie hit le lobttt r with ipArv tu apttro Then the crmtacran climbed orrr tho drop of win J Into tlio eicavattun, and, turning his tall to the atone, pru-revded pru-revded tuputh tho trtkle from the bottom of the hoU to lha top of the heap by placing Its two claws together with the tip lapping u that the sand could hot tilde back. In elite t the clawe served at n almvcl. After IhvloUtcra had In thla initn tier built for theiuwlvca cares for do fetnlve puri--ica they planted them elvea with their backs ti the atotii and kept thvfr little black, beadhka cyvf rowing outwftrd In every direction Vhtn took my placo tu watch nothing waa stirring Now ami thru a lotuter would climb out of his retreat ntid riploro tho Uu mediate nelghborhootl KtidJenly. Iluding nit Intrenched lo(-Iter, lo(-Iter, the err nut ndrenturrr would aa mult It. Then wouM riuui the blggett kind of nruuch and tumble, catch ft catch can coideat. It was a tllit tu theihatli. Wheii the struggle wa between only two loUtvr the mu it wni u.unllyti drawn battl. each retreating to tit bolo with the lu-4of atUworof one or two antenna. Hut when two or three lob-ten at tacked one In hi shallow cave the light wru aoon over Iho miserable victim was dragged out on tho nnwia by the bliArp plncer of the beslegen, and In n trice he was killed It rv qulrvI but a few mlnulcs for tho cannibal can-nibal tu dUmemUr and iat tip UiHr victim, dragging the bill to dlllerent (tarts of the aquarium, aa do; would bonca, Theae attack are always made at night. I wm ao fortunate it. to ace an other raid, but It was not like that de scribed above. One of the lobiter that had cmtrgvd from hi lair In pur tult of fool was )ihuxtf puriued In turn. Caught napping Away from hi coile by thrvc or four rueurie, It scuttled scut-tled ocrth sand toward one corner of the aruarlum. After hint went th pursuer better skelter, and while tho punucd rvioited to dod,iIii2 taetlna thatwoull be udmlrvtl by n foottatl riuhrr, tho purstieri aepiiratul and doted lu around the doomed mature. It la by a curious Instinct that tho purttilt I made In the night, btcnuau It 1 eildcntly to tho advantage of tho pirniur, ou the principle In war that night attacks are mora succeuful than thm by daylight Marks of thro midnight forays were to be found In the morning hi tho fragments frag-ments of sheila. The nult of canul hall i in uinui.g the young lobfter Is that out of a hundred about twvnty lite -unite, u demuu.tratlon of the DarHlnlanlawof the aunlral of tho rtitcu. In tho cannibal stage of their e Utiuce they are about threeuarturs of an Inch lu length, and when the aur vlvora grow to l two and a half Imhe In length from the tnll tu the tip of tlm chw they have outgrown their blood thlnty Irut.ncti.-IS'ew York Ilirald. |