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Show 8EA 80LID WITH CRABS. Hundreds of Thousands Encountered South of Cape Henry. Philadelphia. To sail through n sea of crabs Is by no means nn ovorydny occurrence, yet tho record of such nu cxporlonco Ih written upon tho log book ot the steamship Cnpt. Hcnnott. which nrrlved horo from Jamnlrn. Tho Capl. Hcnnott was sailing Just south of Capo Henry when sho rnn Into tho live son. Hundreds of thousands thou-sands of crabs, some Heating slugly, others collected In Immense masses, swarmed, around tho ship. There wan no tiouble In scooping them up by bucketfuls, the sailors say, and Capt. Olscn and his mon hnd tholr fill of crabs, prepared by tho ship's "doctor." It Is thought that tho crabs weru cnrrled out to sen by recent storms from Chesaponko bay nnd wero unable lo return to tholr accustomed waters. |