BIG \N PIC i I'M \ i."i'< 

 their length, went completely over and in-\>inl it. 



hatchet WJlll M de-perate ellorl.oiie of tile UK II -I H -i ( le I ill 



iiii'4 these limbs with :i sin^h 1 well delivered bl<>\\: and t he 

 :iire lindinu it self worsted, immediately disa ppea red beneath 



til.' waters, leaving ill the boat its amputated member- :. 



trophy of tin- terrible encounter. One of tin- arm- \v:i niirirtii 

 n:itcl\ dt^trcxrd licforc itsv:dtir \v:is known; hill, tin- ol.ln-r. 

 when In-oiiiflit to SI. .lolin's :ind cxMiiiincd liy tin- IIi-v. M . 

 M.-irvt-y. \\.MS found to nn-.-isun- no lf--< th.-ni 111 I'crt : :nid the 

 lislicrniMii who .-ictcd :is siirp-on dccl.-ircs Ihci-c miiM h.-ivc Ix-cn :it 

 IcMsl, i; fed more of t.his :inn Id't Mtl:ichrd to tin- m<n>l-rV 

 !>ody. Tliis sr|>:ir:ittMl iiH-iiilicr is <]cscrii)i-d liy Mr. ll:irv<-;. 

 Ix-iiiu,- li\id in color :ind jiointcd :il its rxt rnnily, where :don<- it 

 vnvd wilh rows of c.-ii't il.-iu-inoiis horny suckers. c:ich :ilnii1 

 the si/.- <>f ; i ( |n;irler-doll:ir. I ' nfort nii:itely. 1 he lislienneii were 

 loo innch iVio-htened during Hie short time (lie ;idvent nre !:i->ted 

 to I'onn ;i reliable opinion of Ihe leniilhof the nniniril's body; 

 under Ihe iniliience of terror they set it down :it 4(1 feet. ;in 

 (-tiin.-ite which, notwithstanding the extr.'iordinnry dimensions of 

 the ;irni si-cured, inii-1 lie received .MS a considerable exair^vrat i""i- ; 

 llev. Mr. (iabriel states that in the winter of 1*70 71 two 

 ciittle-lish were stranded on the beach near Lamalein, south 

 ; of Newfoundland, which measured respective! v 40 and 17 



feet. 



Mr. Murray refers also to a specimen caught at Ijo^ia ra\. 

 near St. .John's. Newfoundland, November. 1 ST-'!. which measured 

 'How-: I'.ody. 7 feet lon^ ; circumference.;, feel; tail, fan- 

 shaped, pointed at middle extremity. '2 feel ; lar^e arms, r, to 7 

 feet IOIILV. and 7 l< '.' inches circumference, covered on the lower 

 surface wilh about 1 00 denticulated cups ; tentach'-. ~2 \ feet loiiii' 

 and .', inches circumference, wit h 1 he clubs armed with :ilont. 

 eighty denticulated sucker-. 



A \ery respectable person informs me that he has seen maiiv 



of the-e ui^-antic s.piids upon the COasI of, Labrador; and that 



he mea-uivd the body of one Ml feel from beak to tail. He al-o 



- that a certain Mr. I lad don. a -diool inspect or of I his place 



W.s. Kent. / . ITS. L874, Other accounts of this ;.niin;il 



in:i\ I't- ibniMl in Am. \>it" /.///./. \iii, 1 '-<'. I^M \ // , 



xvi. Hil. I- 



