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The circumference of the body was not stated, but one of the arms measured thirty- 

 five feet. This must have been a tentacle." 



• In order that the reader may obtain some idea of the size of these giants of the 

 Mollusca, we introduce side by side figures of the jaws of one of the common squid 

 (Loligo) and of the giant squid {Architeuthis), both natural size. 



Fig. 493.— Jaws of squid; A.,Loligo; 'B, Architeuthis, 



Other giant squid have been taken in various parts of the world, Iceland, Sweden, 

 Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, etc., but none equal in size the specimen just mentioned. 

 Of the habits of these monsters we know nothing ; they are apparently nocturnal, as 

 the specimens have almost always been cast ashore in the night. It is thought that 

 our species frequent the deep fiords which cut the Newfoundland coasts, hiding in the 

 dark places during the day. 



J. S. KiNGSLEY. 



