CEPHALOPODS. 



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enormous cuttle-fish, lying perfectly still, as if basking on the surface of the water. 

 Paddling up, they lopped off one of its arms. The animal immediately set out to 



COMMON SQUID, WITH PEN ON THE LEFT (nat. Size). 



sea, rushing through the water at a tremendous pace. The men gave chase, and, 

 after a hard pull, came up with it, five miles out in the Atlantic, and severed 



