Principles of Geology / or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology

by Sir Charles Lyell

[923] This specimen is in the collection of my friend Mr. Broderip, who observes, that this crab, which was apparently in perfect health, could not have cast her shell for six years, whereas some naturalists have stated that the species moults annually, without limiting the moulting period to the early stages of the growth of the animal.

[924] Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. iv. p. 336.

[925] Voy. aux Terres Australes, tom. i. p. 492.

[926] Géographie Générale des Insectes et des Arachnides. Mém. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., tom. iii.

[927] Kirby and Spence, vol. iv. p. 487; and other authors.

[928] Kirby and Spence, vol. iv. p. 497.

[929] Washington Irving's Tour in the Prairies, ch. ix.

[930] Malte-Brun, vol. v. p. 379.

[931] Kirby and Spence, vol. ii. p. 9. 1817.

[932] Kirby and Spence, vol. ii. p. 12. 1817.