P. H. GOSSE, _del._ LEIGHTON, BROS.
OLIVE SQUAT-LOBSTER. SHAGGY FLAT-CRAB. SCARLET SQUAT-LOBSTER.
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A curious chapter in the history of this little creature, which I have
put on record elsewhere,[93] is, I think, so very instructive, that I
may venture to repeat some parts of it here. Let me premise that the
Crab habitually lives under stones, a habit for which the remarkable
flatness and thinness of all its parts adapts it; he has somewhat of
the appearance of having been crushed flat by the pressure of the stone
under which he lives. He does not wander much to seek his food, but
expects it to be brought to him, he making provision for its conveyance.