A CUTTLE-BONE. 



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thinking that a zoological opinion on the matter might 

 be worth having. 



Under the common name of the " cuttlefish-bone," it 

 is perfectly true, the limy plate is sold. It still makes its 

 appearance in pharmacy (being used for tooth powder) 

 under that name : although it is not in any sense a 

 bone, and, although a cuttlefish, one may add, is not 

 a skeleton-possessing animal. 



Fig, 12. Cuttlefish Shells. 



To begin with (as I informed my friend), he must 

 first of all turn his attention to cuttlefishes at large. 

 In the Brighton Aquarium or elsewhere he had seen the 

 Octopus (fig. 13); and on the sea-beach atDawlish he had 

 picked up the dead bodies of numerous Sepias, which 

 are near cousins to the " devil fish " itself. Octopus 

 and sepia are both very typical cuttlefishes, and the 

 list might, of course, be greatly enlarged. There are 



