Show SEA SOLID WITH CRABS I 1 hundreds of thousands encountered south of cape henry philadelphia to sail through a sea of crabs is by no means an everyday yet the record ot such an experience is written upon the log book of the steamship capt bennett which arrived here from jamaica the capt bennett was sailing just south ot cape henry when she ran into the live sea hundreds of thou sands of some floating single others collected in immense masses swarmed around the ship there was no trouble in scooping them up by bucketfuls bucket the sailors say and capt olsen and his men had their nil of crabs prepared by the ship s doctor it is thought that the crabs were carried out to sea by recent storms from chesapeake bai and were unable to return to their accustomed waters |