The Devil-fishes. Octopi 



as the remarkable strength of the creature's arms, is the cold, 

 sickening, slimy feel of them. The horror of a personal encounter 

 with a devil-fish will never be made more real to those fortunate 

 enough to miss this thrilling experience than Victor Hugo has 

 made it in his "Toilers of the Sea." Though lacking in scientific 

 accuracy, it is still a zoological and rhetorical classic. 



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