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| Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 175) (5980716789).jpg A SOFT CRAB 175 <br> in the soft rock in climbing up the precipice when <br> embayed by the tide and so forth I felt loth to <br> part with my old knife and therefore at once put on <br> my hat running hard for fear the tide which had <br> ah'eady turned might be too high I got to the place <br> however just in time found my knife and then took <br> another peep at the Crab It had not moved and <br> thinking that if I could not eat it myself I might ask <br> my neighbour's acceptance of it I drew it out with my <br> fingers as I had done with the former But lo it was <br> a soft Crab ; the shell being of the consistency of wet <br> parchment and the colours all except those of the <br> carapace being pale It was a female too without <br> any sign of spawn and had lost one claw ; strange <br> that I had not thought of connecting the soft claw <br> that I had drawn out before with this Crab that I <br> saw at the bottom But I carefully put the helpless <br> creature into the hole again and saw that it settled <br> its legs and body comfortably in its old quarters ; <br> and there I left it for our Crab is worthless for the <br> table in this condition unlike the Land Crabs of the <br> West Indies which are esteemed peculiarly delicate <br> in their soft state <br> What then are we to infer from this association <br> Do the common Crabs live in pairs and does one <br> keep guard at the mouth of their cavern while its <br> consort is undergoing its change of skin If this <br> is the case it is a pretty trait of cancrine character <br> and one not unw orthy of their acute instinct and <br> sagacity in other respects The male displayed no <br> appearance of the moult its coat being of a shelly <br> hardness I have no doubt that the claw of its mate 29378721 93094 42528 Page 175 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378721 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton Biodiversity Heritage Library A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Information field Flickr tags and travel Devon England Great Britain Marine animals Smithsonian Institution Libraries SIL bhl page 29378721 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378721 taxonomy binomial Actinia gemmacea taxonomy binomial Actinia candida taxonomy binomial Corynactis allmanni taxonomy binomial Syngnathus lumbriciformis devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial actinia gemmacea taxonomy binomial actinia candida taxonomy binomial corynactis allmanni taxonomy binomial syngnathus lumbriciformis Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5980716789 2015-09-11 06 00 38 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Actinia Corynactis A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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