QIC \ \ I l ' I. I'll kLOPO 



-hip of tlii^ port \\hilsl anchored mi the 

 \ I'oiilpe <r dreadful dinu-iiMoiiN :i;i:iched itself ; she \ 

 :ni'i attempted KI -ink il. < ! r:iiiil|n c. :iii;hr of ;i V( 



lies id the exigence of mon>; rou-> I'oulj 



nee from '. he l:ilil. Alio'.her -:iilor. Jean M:i-liil- 

 Pen-. VVU8, iiccordiii^ to M nit l ri . :i: .:u-U'(l l\ intic 



diiriiiLL :hr |>:i-.>;iuc lir'.wrui :ln- i>l:iii'l of 

 llcl'li;i Mild ( ':i|ic Nr-To. 



l.;i\iiiL: .lic-r >ti-|ici<>iis (lociiiiicips for i.lu- ivhilion* >!' ili<^- 

 int'H- \\i>r:hv of coiirhlriicc. \\c find tin- I'ollnwiim in <^in>v and 

 (; : iini:ird (" Voy. rr.-uiir I. -Jd I'nrl. Ml): 



lu llir Aihniiir Orr:iii. iu-:ir tin- t-'iiiinnr. \vr cnllfdrd tin- 



rt in:iin> of :m I'liornioiis ( ':d:ini;ii-y. \\"luil \\:is K-l't of il iniiiht 



\\ciuli 100 pounds. :ind il was lul a Longitudinal inoiciy deprived 



iltacles. SO li:i one ran without cxa^LH-rai ion assign tin- 



lit o!' -Joo pdinuls to llu- entire animal. 



IJanu (" Manuel des Moll.." Sli) is no, l-s> explieil. \\ c lia\c 

 untt-rrd in the jniddle of ihe ocean, a speeies ipiiie distinct 

 tVoin tin- o.liers. of a very dark red. having short arms, and the 

 -i/e of a inn. 



Mr. .1. S. (MMH-M V . of Nassau. N. 1'.. IJaliamas. mentions that 

 a iiion- ! Octopus was found dead upon ihe l>each. Il was 1(1 

 lonu. each arm measurinii' ."> fi-rt ; llu 1 weight was estimated 

 at l.r; \vt-i-n iMH) :md :JOO pound>. Mr. (Jcorm- adds "this is ihe 

 tir->; -peciiiH-n I have sren duriuu: i wriil \-se\\-n years' residence 

 in Uahamas. lul 'hey are known here traditionally of immeii-e 



On ,i of November. 1 ^lio. ilu- Krriicli >teamcr Alecton. 



.oininaiidi'd ly Licui. IJoiiycr. encountered, hetwet-n Madeira 

 and Teneritlc. an enormous Poulju-. which wa- ^wimminu on the 

 act! of 'he water. The animal measured IT) to Is f r( >i in 

 ten-ill. \\i-.Iidin conn in- the formidaMe arms, covered ui'li 

 ciip->. which crowned its head. Its color was l>rick-rcd ; 

 h.id a prodigious development and fri-lnfiil fixity, I ' -> inoutli. 

 like llu- l>eak of a pa rrol . could l>e opened !<> thccxteii! f 1^ 

 incht -. [ta lx>dy. fusiform but muchswelh-d towards the cent re. 





