landcrabs

Updated: February 24, 2026

The only way of clearing the offal was by the obscene birds that flew down from the hills; Messieurs the landcrabs, who were assuredly the best scavengers of all, not stirring beyond the Palisadoes. Some things were very cheap, but others inordinately dear.

George Augustus Sala - The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 : Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave : among the moors...