920] Edin. New Phil. Journ., April 1844.

[921] Phil. Trans. 1835, p. 303.

[922] The specimen is preserved in the Museum of the Zool.
Soc. of London.

[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] Gaographie Ganarale des Insectes et des Arachnides. Mam.
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.

[933] I am indebted to Lieutenant Graves, R.N., for this
information.

[934] I state this fact on the authority of my friend, Mr.
John Curtis.

[935] Brand's Select Dissert. from the Amoen. Acad., vol. i.
p. 118.

[936] Ibid.

[937] Sir H. Davy, Consolations in Travel, p. 74.

[938] W. von Humboldt, "On the Kawi Language," &c. cited in
Cosmos. Introduction.

[939] Egypten's Stelle, &c. Egypt restored to her Place in
Universal History, by C. C. J. Bunsen. 1845.

[940] For Grecian and Asiatic deluges, see above, p. 356.;
Cimbrian, p. 331., Chinese, p. 7. Peruvian, p. 502.; Chilian
or Araucanian deluge, p. 500.

[941] See p. 615.

[942] Malte-Brun's Geography, vol. iii. p. 419.

[943] Chamisso states that the water which they brought up was
cooler, and _in their opinion_, less salt. It is difficult to
conceive its being fresher near the bottom, except where
submarine springs may happen to rise.

[944] Kotzebue's Voyage, 1815-1818. Quarterly Review, vol.
xxvi. p. 361.

[945] Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific, &c., in the years
1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, p. 170.

[946] Gloger, Aband. der Vogel, p. 103.; Pallas, Zoog.
Rosso-Asiat., tom. ii. p. 197.

[947] Syst. of Geog., vol. viii. p. 169.

[948] De terra habitabili i