OCTOPODS I HAVE KNOWN. ii 



the octopus or pieiivre, and of those of its habits to which he 

 alludes. Other circumstances of its life-history, which did not 

 come within the scope of his work, are treated of in separate 

 chapters. Before critically reviewing his narration of the incidents 

 referred to, it may be desirable to give a brief summary of the 

 plot of the story of which they form a part, and which made the 

 octopus famous. 



