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one could hardly hnve been less llian 10 feet Ion- when perfect, 

 the pen measuring C 1 inches. The Or/i^mx /I,K-/<I/>/X (iabh, 

 which occurs at Sitka abundantly, reaches a length of Hi feet 

 or a radial spread o!' nearly *Js (eel. but the whole mass is much 

 smaller than that of the decapodous cephalopods of lesser length. 

 In the Octopus above mentioned, the body would not exceed i; 

 inches in diameter and a Coot in len^ili. and the arms a''ain an 

 extreme tenuity toward their tips. 



There can be no doubt whatever that some cephalopods in the 

 warmer seas atiain an enormous bulk as well as length, ('apt. 

 K. I']. Smith, an experienced sperm-winder, and a careful and 

 intelligent observer, informs me that, he has seen portions .|' 

 "s.piid" arms vomited up by whales in their death-airony. as 

 lai'u'e as a "beef-barrel," with suckers on them "as bin- as a 

 dinner-plate." I have no doubl of the COITCC. ness of this state- 

 ment. W. II. HALL. Am. Naturalist, vii. 4S-I. 1x7:;. 



It seems that the celebrated Kraken " of Denys Mont fort has 

 wandered into the Central Pacific Ocean, (or .Mr. Dull, in the 

 above article, States that Mr. Henry <}. Hanks ^aw. when on a 

 voyage in a I railing schooner amonu' ihe South Sea Islands, a 

 cuttle-lish. near the sui'face of the water. "MS lar^e as the 

 schooner!" Mr. Hall na'ively adds, "while this is raiher indefi- 

 nite. still it indicates thiit specimens much larger than anv vet 

 recorded ni:iy probnbly exist in those reo'ioi 



[n the " Mittheilungen der Denischen (Jesellschafi von Yoko- 

 hama. .Japan." May. is;:;. U an accouni of a lar^e <)iniii(ix/rt'-/iJn'n 

 found in the Japanese Seas. Its dimensions are: 



Lenirih of body to front edu'e of maulle. . ', feet. 



Length of head and neck. . . . . I 1 , feet. 



Longest arm. ...... ().', feel. 



Tin- drt'fii Cephalopoda of the M1<1<11> An<n\ii<> It is to be 

 remarke<l that Henys Montlbi-; ix-lales sexcral combals with 

 gigantic I'oulpcs encouniei-ed near the AiVican const. The 

 positive presence to-day of these aninitds in ihe same ^eas. leads 

 One to believe thai these failles had a foundation in fact. One 

 can see at Saint Malo. in Hie chapel of St . Thomas, says our 

 credulous naturalist, an ex-vot o represent in^ the danger incurred 



