CRABS AND EARTHQUAKES.
For some time previous to the day upon which the great Chilian earthquake of August, 1857, occurred, great swarms of crabs of an unknown variety were seen in the Bay of Payta. They all appeared to be greatly excited, and were literally climbing over each other in their efforts to escape the impending calami£y. How' they knew that the earthquake was collecting its strength to desolate the coast is more than man can say; but that they knew something unusual was about to happen there is little doubt. That there were millions of them may be inferred from the report of Dr. Forbes, who says that "ten days after the earthquake the dead crabs were thrown upon the beach in a wall-like line three to four feet wide along the whole extent of the bay."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 146, 20 June 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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