-Ml liKJANTK! <T,!'IIAI.oi'Oi)S. 



one could hardly have been less than 10 feet lonu; \vlicn perfect, 

 the pen measuring (Jl inehes. The Orfnjmx i>u nrlat ux (Jabb. 



which occurs at Sitka abundantly, reaches a length of ir> j'eet 



or :i radial spread of nearly i>x fret. hut the whole mass is much 

 smaller than that of 1 lie deeapodotis cephalopoda of lesser lenijt li. 



In the Octopus above mentioned,, the hody would not exceed <; 

 inches in diameter and a fool in len^ili. and the arms \\\ \-.\\\\ an 

 extreme ienuity toward {heir tips. 



There can he no doubt whatever that some cephalopoda in the 

 warmer seas attain an enormous bulk as well as length. (*:ipt. 

 K\ K. Sniiih. an experienced sperm-whaler, and a careful and 

 intelligent observer, inlorms HH- Jia, lie has seen por;ions of 

 "squid" arms vomited np Ity whales in their death-agony, as 

 larii'e as a " heel-h:i n;el," wi;h suckers on them "as l.i^ as a 

 dinner-plate." I have no douht of She con-eclness of this stale- 

 men!. W. II. DALL. Am. Nnftn-dli.*!. vii. Jsl. IST:I. 



It seems thai ihe celehrated - Kraken " ol' Denys Mont fort has 

 wandere(l into the (Vniral Tacilic Oeeiwi. lor M r. 1 >all. in the 

 :ihove articl. . in Mr. Henry (i. Hank.- saw. when on a 



voyage in a trading schooner amoim' the South Sea Islands, a 

 cuttle-fish, near the sin-face of the water, "as lar^e as the 

 schooner! " Mr. Dall na.'ively adds. while this is rather indefi- 

 nite, still it indica.es that specimens much Larger than anj 

 recorded may probaMy exis. in those regions." 



In the " Mittheilungen der Denischen (iesellscliafi von Voko- 

 liama. Japan." May. IST.'J. is an account of a laru'e (>///y/^/>7/v///r.s- 

 found in the .Japanese Seas. l!s dimensions are: 



Length of body to front edv of mantle. . <"> feet. 



Len.ii'ih of head and neck. ... 1 .', l< 



Longest arm. . . . . . . li'. feet. 



Tin' (Iri'fil CepJialopoda of the Middle A llnnlic. It is to be 

 remarked that Denys MOD tor: relaies several combats with 

 L!,-i^an'ic I'onlpes enconn.ered near the African coast. r riie 

 positive i>resence to-day of thi'se animals in ihe -aim- seas, leads 

 one to believe thai ihesc fables had a fonnda i ion in fact. One 

 can see at Saint Malo. in the chapel of St. Thomas. s : iy s our 

 cre( In Ions nat lira list .an ex-voln represent inu' 1 he drni^T incurred 



