piri ZOOLOGY. 
tion was called to them by seeing on the surface: the figure of 
a great serpent in one place, and in another what appeared to be a 
small stream of comparatively still water flowing out through the 
lake. 
Though I waded out to, and through, these immense bodies, I 
could not positively ascertain that the individuals were travelling 
in a common direction; the time was too short to determine this, 
yet I think it is the fact.—S. W. Garman. 
A corossat Ocropus.— A letter just received from Mr. J. $. 
George of Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, mentions a huge Octopus 
ten feet long, each arm measuring five feet; the weight was esti- < 
mated at between two hundred and three hundred pounds. The 
monster was found dead upon the beach, and bore marks of injury. 4 
Fig. 152. 
Mr. George adds * this is the first specimen I have seen during 
twenty-seven years residence in Bahamas, but they are known here 
traditionally of immense size.” — B. G. WILDER. 
[We add a figure (152) of a Brazilian species of Octopus 
— Eps. | 
Texas Biecp Mouse (Reithrodon Carolinensis?).— This is a very 
small mouse, found in the cornfields. They are not very abundant. 
They dig little holes in the ground, under the side of a rock or tuft 
of grass, where they breed their young in exceedingly soft béds 
made of finely shred grass. It is occasionally found, where * — 
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