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been taken in deep water offshore. The strength of 

 the octopus is extraordinary. Several kept in con- 

 finement by me have almost succeeded in holding my 

 hands despite all my strength. The Paper Nautilus 

 (Argonaut) is common here, and I have kept several 

 alive for some time, and their " shell "-making has 

 been observed. 



A relative of the octopus, the squid, is often seen 

 here ten feet long. One kept alive by me for a while 

 weighed two hundred pounds and was eleven feet 

 long, presenting a marvellous flashing of colors over 

 its body that could be compared only to chain light- 

 ning. 



In the crevices of the rocks you may catch brilliant 

 flashes of vivid red. This is the Garibaldi, a fish 

 resembling to some extent the angel-fish of Florida, 

 but peculiar to this coast. It is very sociable, and 

 comes out, eying the boat and doubtless familiar 

 with the strange double row of faces that are looking 

 down at it. The adult Garibaldis are one color, a 

 brilliant golden red; but the young, which can be seen 

 in the crevices, are dotted with brilliant blue, and the 

 skipper calls them "electric fishes," and tells you the 

 spots give out light. 



Suddenly the boat passes over a white and pink 

 jelly-fish. It is two feet across the disk, from which 

 drifts away a wonderful fluted mass of shrimp pink 

 tentacles ten or fifteen feet long. Some of these jellies 

 have been seen with tentacles from twenty to forty 

 feet in length, a veritable comet, and at night a phos- 

 phorescent meteor. 



Near by is another jelly something like this, but 

 almost black — a deep maroon in color. The skipper 



