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above measurements, and it will, therefore, be desirable to give a 
special number (11) to the present one. 
No. 12.— Harbor Grace specimen, 1874-75. 
Another specimen, which we have designated as No. 12, was cast 
ashore in the winter of 1874-1875, near Harbor Grace, but was 
destroyed before its value became known, and no measurements were 
given. 
No. 13.— Fortune Bay specimen. 1874. 
Plate XVII. 
A specimen was cast ashore December, 1874, at Grand Bank, For- 
tune Bay, Newfoundland. As in the case of several of the previous 
specimens, I was indebted to the Rev. M. Harvey for early informa- 
tion concerning this one, and also for the jaws and one of the large 
suckers of the tentacular-arms, obtained through Mr. Simms, these 
being the only parts preserved. Although this specimen went ashore 
in December, Mr. Harvey did not hear of the event until March, 
owing to the unusual interruption of travel by the severity of the 
winter. He informed me that Mr. George Simms, Magistrate of 
Grand Bank, had stated in a letter to him that he examined the 
creature a few hours after it went ashore, but not before it had been 
mutilated by the removal of the tail by the fishermen, who finally 
cut it up as food for their numerous dogs ; and that the long tentac- 
ular arms were 26 feet long and 16 inches in circumference; the short 
arms were about one-third as long as the long ones ; the “ back of the 
head or neck was 36 inches in circumference,” (evidently meaning the 
head, behind the bases of the arms) ; the length of the body “ from 
the junction to the tail” was 10 feet, (apparently meaning from the 
base of the arms to the origin of the caudal fins). He thought that 
the tail, which had been removed, was about one-third as long as the 
body, but this was probably overestimated. In No. 14 the tail, from 
its origin or base, was about one-fifth as long as the balance of the 
body and head. Applying the same proportions to No. 13, the head 
and body together would have been 12 feet. In a letter to me, dated 
Oct. 27, 1875, Mr. Simms confirmed the above measurements, but 
stated that the long arms had been detached, and that the bases of 
the arms measured as those of the tentacular-arms (they had pre- 
viously been cut off about a foot from the head), were triangular in 
outline, the sides being respectively 5, 6, 5 inches in breadth, the 
longest or outer side being convex and the two lateral sides straight. 
