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longed, it is fair to conclude, from the vast dimen- 

 sions of some individuals of this species, that they 

 may live from one century to another. 



A skate was killed in the vicinity of Guada- 

 loupe, measuring nearly twentyfive feet in length by 

 fourteen in breadth. This fact leads to the suppo- 

 sition that others may yet be discovered, by the 

 side of which this would be a mere pigmy. Time, 

 perhaps, may yet reveal the secret, that the kra- 

 ken, now considered an imaginary being, so viv- 

 idly pictured by bishop Pontoppidan, whose 

 back, rising above the surface, resembles an island, 

 is nothing more nor less, than one of these mon- 

 strous productions. 



Sting Ray, — Trygon Pastinaca. Occasion- 

 ally, but by no means very frequently, the sting- 



THE STING RAY. 



ray is taken with a hook, in fishing in about thirty 

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