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have been found at sea, or cast ashore at Kewfoundland and 

 the Danish coast ; or their jaws occur iu the stomach of 

 s])erm whales, as sc[uid of all sizes form a large proportion of 

 the food of sperm whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other 

 Cetaceans provided with teeth. The lai-gest cuttle-fish 

 known is ArcJiiteutJiis princeffi Verrill, the body of which 

 must be about six and a half metres (nineteen feet) in length, 



and nearly two metres 

 (five feet, nine inches) 

 in circumference. The 

 arms of this species are 

 unknown. Arcliiteu- 

 tJiis tnonachus Steen- 

 strup has a body about 

 two metres (seven feet) 

 long, and the two long- 

 er arms seven metres 

 (twenty -four feet) 

 long. A still larger 

 individual was esti- 

 mated by Verrill to be 

 in total length about 

 fourteen metres (forty- 

 four feet). It is some- 

 times thrown ashore 

 on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, and in one in- 

 stance attacked two men in a boat. 



The Octopus (Fig. 323) and AryDuaula represent the 

 eight-armed forms. 



Fig. 324. — Oclopvs Bairdii, natural size, dorsal and 

 lateral view. Gulf of Maine.— After Verrill. 



