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1896, Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 134, “Une correspondance inédite de Prosper Mérimée”, part 3, p. 572:
Savez-vous, madame, ce que c’est qu’un Bernard-l’Ermite ? c’est une langouste très petite, de trois centimètres au plus, dont la queue est dépourvue d’écailles.
Do you know, Madame, what a hermit crab is? It is a very small crab, three centimeters large at most, whose tail is devoid of scales.
1932, Franc-Nohain, Guide du bon sens, chapter 7 “Le bon sens et la fraternité”, p. 145:
Il y a un exemple qui me poursuit, sur lequel je reviens le plus volontiers, car je l’estime de nature à prêter grandement à réfléchir : c’est l’exemple du bernard-l’ermite.
There is an example that haunts me, and to which I return most willingly, because I deem it worthy to spend much thought on: this is the example of the hermit crab.
