234 SHELLS AND MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS. 



Indian rubber. No sooner does the young cuttle- 

 fish emerge from the egg, than it darts hither and 

 thither, with the greatest rapidity ; and if we only 

 stir the water, by putting the finger into it, it 

 immediately pours forth its ink in a cloud about it. 

 The common Calamary or Sea-pen of our shores 



(Loligo vulgaris) is a very frequent object of the 

 sea- side. Our engraving represents this animal 

 as lying on a stone, while opposite to it are the 

 glaring eyes of the poulpe. The sea-pen has a 

 longer and narrower body than the common 

 cuttle-fish, and is so called from the slender form 

 of its transparent internal support. The animal 



