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rely on climacteric props to uphold or enhance its 

 strange interest. 



The facts we will find are as follows: 



1. The squid, Loligo pealei, var. pallida, occurs 

 in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and ranges 

 from Cape Cod to the Carolinas ; but it is most nu- 

 merous in Long Island Sound. 



2. It attains to about a foot in length, the male 

 being slightly smaller and more slender than the 

 female. Full growth is completed in about a year 

 after the hatching of the egg. 



3. The eggs are laid by attaching them in capsu- 

 lated clusters to seaweeds, rocks, shells, and other 

 solid objects. They are laid from spring to mid- 

 summer. Within a few weeks the young, a little 

 more than an eighth of an inch long and of the 

 same general appearance as that of the adult, make 

 their escape. By the end of autumn they are two 

 inches in length; the following summer they are 

 full-grown. 



4. Mating occurs from spring to early summer. 

 Fertilization of the eggs is effected by the male's 

 implanting a packet of spermatophores within the 

 mantle cavity of the female where the sperms are 

 liberated at the time of the extrusion of the eggs. 



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