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the proof of the accompanying cut (Fig. 10), of the beak of a 
squid, which was presented by Hon. N. E. Atwood to the Essex 
Institute several years ago. “It is four and a half inches long, the 
cut being of the natural size. The specimen was taken from the 
Fig. 10. 
stomach of a sperm whale, captured in the North Atlantic, and is 
now in the Museum of the Peabody Academy of Science. Judging 
by this cut, Prof. Steenstrup ventured the opinion that it belonged 
to Architeuthis dux which, as we have stated above, has been pre- 
viously found near the Bahamas. He also suggested that the 
