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suppose this is the iiieuvre of Hugo's "Xes TravaiUeurs de la Mer,'^ or 

 poulpfi. Farallone Islands, November 15, 1872. Occasionally caught 

 on this coast. The lisherineu speak of it with dread, and evidently con- 

 sider it very formidable. This specimen was not considered a very large 

 one; yet it must have been much larger than the one Hugo describes, 

 as this one has over 1,200 suckers to 100 of his specimen. Adams speaks 

 of one caught near the Meia-cashimah Islands as a very large one, be- 

 cause it could cover an area of 12 feet in circumference. The arms of 

 this one were about 4i feet long, and could cover an area at least 28 

 feet in circumference. The Italian fishermen consider them good to eat, 

 and very good, too. The ink-bag was quite full, and had, I should say, 

 over a half a pint of fluid in it. 



iS"o. 89. Trout. McCloud Eiver, i^rovember 2, 1872. 



ISTo. 90. Eock-perch. Near Groat Island, San Francisco Bay, Novem- 

 ber 18, 1872. 



No. 91. Porgee. Near Goat Island, San Francisco Bay, November 18, 

 1872. 



No. 92. Salt-water trout. San Francisco Bay, November 18, 1872. 



No. 93. Eock-perch. San Francisco Bay, November 18, 1872. 



No, 94. Eock-perch. San Francisco Bay, November 18, 1872. 



No. 95. Salt-water trout. San Francisco Bay, November 19, 1872. 



No. 9G. Salt-water trout. San Francisco Bay, November 19, 1872. 



No. 97. Spider. Near Mount Shasta, October 10, 1872. 



No. 98, No. 99. There are no Nos. 98 and 99. 



No. 100. Three specimens. White-fish, Eussian Eiver, Mendocino 

 County, California, September, 1872. Contributed by J. Williamson. 



No. 101. Herring. Five specimens. San Francisco Bay, November 

 22, 1872. Males very full of milt. 



No. 102. Eock-fish, rock-cod. Three specimens. San Francisco Bay, 

 November 22, 1872. 



No. 103. Eock-fish, rock-cod. Yellow. San Francisco Bay, Novem- 

 ber 22, 1872. 



No. 101. Water-dog. Tributary of McCloud Eiver, California, Oc- 

 tober 21, 1872. 



No. 105. Salmon head. A fresh-run fish. Caught at Eio Yista, Sacra- 

 mento Eiver, November 21, 1872. Female. Eare at this season. Prime 

 condition. Fat, silvery, and fine eating. Eggs very small. A true Sacra- 

 mento Eiver salmon. (See drawing.) The Sacramento salmon command 

 this month the highest price in the market — 25 cents, retail f wholesale, 18 

 cents — being more rare this month than at any time. There is another 

 salmon (see No. 106) which is sold in the San Francisco market at this 

 time, much inferior, and not commanding so high a price. 



No. 106. Salmon head. November 21, 1872. Male. 



Point Arena, Mendocino County, California. The fish referred to un- 

 der the last number. It resembled in form the "fall run " of the McCloud 

 males, in their best condition. It was, however, bright and silvery, with 

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