CUTTLES. 



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the buffeting against rocks and shingle they have experienced. 

 The young Cuttle is a miniature replica of its parent, and con- 

 ducts itself as " a chip of the old block." 



The Squid (Loligo vulgaris) is a much 

 longer and narrower species of Cuttle, 

 similar to the Sepia in its head parts, but 

 the arms have but two rows of suckers on 

 each, though the clubbed ends of the ten- 

 tacles have four rows. The fins are short 

 and angular, placed at the hinder end of 

 the body, which runs off to a long sharp 

 point behind them. The shell is not a 

 broad expansion like that of Sepia, but 

 more like a pen with a long holder or shaft 

 in front of it. Whilst the Squids are splen- 

 did swimmers, they also crawl, head down- 

 wards. This is the species that is chiefly 

 sought for bait, and vast numbers are used 

 in the Newfoundland Cod-fishery. 



There are a number of species of Cephalopods to be caught 

 off our coasts, but the only other that we are likely to find any 

 trace of upon the shore is the Little Cuttle (Sepiola rondeletii]^ 

 whose body is short, with rounded side fins, contracted at 

 their base, and whose entire length is only a couple of inches. 

 The suckers are in two rows on the arms, and in four rows on 

 the tentacles ; in this respect it agrees with Loligo, to which 

 it is much more nearly related than to Sepia. It is a very 

 active swimmer, and it has a small pen similar to that of 

 Loligo. 



SQUID (Joligo). 



