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habitually assumed by resting squid (fig. 5). When from one to 
two centimeters of the egg string protrudes from the funnel, the 
female leaves the bottom and begins to swim slowly backward. 
This swimming is apparently due both to movements of the tail 
fin and to small jets of water forced from the funnel along the sides 
of the egg string. The jets of water cause the egg string tobe 
protruded gradually. The protruding end is now caught by the 
ends of the two dorsal arms, which are bent ventrally between the 
other arms for this purpose (fig. 6), and as the string is ejected from 
the funnel, it is drawn between the circlet of arms. It usually 
takes from half a minute to a minute for the egg string to pass 
through the funnel and to disappear between the arms. It is 
then held between the arms about two minutes or sometimes a 
little longer. While the string is held between the arms it is com- 
pletely enclosed by them and their free ends keep twisting around 
each other. In this position they form a cone with the apex at 
the ends of the arms (fig. 7). At other times the arms are held 
so they form a dorso-ventrally flattened expansion that serves 
somewhat as a rudder or anterior fin. The arms while enclosing 
the eggs are never entirely still but move slightly upon each other 
and are probably busy in moving the string about. While the 
string is thus held the animal slowly swims back and forth, never 
rapidly but continuously. 
Toward the end of the period during which the string of eggs 
is held, the animal shows an increasing tendency to turn the body 
into a nearly perpendicular position to bring and keep the tips of 
the arms in contact with the bottom (left animal in fig. 9). With 
the arms held quite rigid and the tail fin moving rapidly she goes 
bounding along on the tips of her arms, dorsal side foremost, with 
a movement somewhat similar to the bounces that may be ob- 
tained by pushing a lead pencil, held by one extremity and slightly 
inclined from the perpendicular, over a table. This action is 
generally repeated several times. She occasionally catches hold 
of objects with her suckers, finally catches some object firmly, 
draws down into close contact with it for two or three seconds 
(right animal in fig. 9) and, when she releases her hold, leaves the 
string of eggs fastened to the object she had laid hold of. At 
