THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.
VOL. XXVIII.

THE COMMON CRAYFISH.
(Astacus fluviatilis, Male.)
Frontispiece.

THE CRAYFISH

AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY

BY
T. H. HUXLEY, F.R.S.

WITH EIGHTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS

SIXTH EDITION

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., Ltd.
1896

“Διὸ δεῖ μὴ δυσχεραίνειν παιδικῶς τὴν περὶ τῶν ἀτιμοτέρων ζῴων ἐπίσκεψιν· ἐν πᾶσι γὰρ τοῖς φυσικοῖς ἔνεστί τι θαυμαστὸν.”—ARISTOTLE, De Partibus, I. 5.