210 BELONGED TO A PERIOD BEFORE THE FLOOD. 



(for no bait is used), darts out one of its arms, which it 

 winds round the shell and fastens among the openings 

 between the plates. The fisherman continues jerking the 

 line, and the fish puts out successively its other arms until 

 it has fastened itself to the shells, Avhen it is drawn up into 

 the canoe and secured. 



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DEVIL FISH. 



In conclusion, we will mention that the cuttle-fish belongs 

 to a period before the Flood, like the nautili ; their undi- 

 gested fossil remains are frequently noticed within the ribs 

 of the Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri in the limestone rocks, 

 showing that then, as in the present day, to eat and to be 

 eaten was the general law of nature. 



