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the long arms measuring thirty-seven feet. This, too, was fed to the dogs. 

 The New York Aquarium specimen alluded to was exhibited in all parts 

 of the country, but not in such a shape as to give any one the slightest 

 idea of its size or appearance when alive. Its tentacular arms were thirty 

 feel long, and its body seven feet in circumference. 



It is supposed that these huge monsters live in the depths of the fjords 

 which cut up the Newfoundland coast, but rarely coining to the surface, 

 and there is reason to believe that the few which have been recorded have 

 not been in good health. These forms are frequently eaten by the sperm- 

 whale, and for years the whalers have told their tales of these animals in 

 their • Hurry ' vomiting pieces of huge squid. 



