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CANON KINGSLEY is a close observer of nature, and if his generalisation be correct in the following instance, it would seem that the tendency to develop the right arm to the comparative neglect of the left is not confined to man. In describing the call-crabs of Montserrat, he says that one of the claw-arms, generally the left, is dwindled to a mere nothing, and is not seen, while the other is disproportionately large. I am well aware that the claws of lobsters are seldom equal in size, but have had no opportunity of ascertaining whether it is the right or the left claw which is superior, nor whether there is any rule in the matter.
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R., C. Right-handedness. Nature 3, 168 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003168d0
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