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SEA MONSTERS UNMASKED, 
bringing it ashore, having been compelled to cut off its head 
before they could get it into their boat. 
The body of this specimen was over 7 feet long ; the 
caudal fin 22 inches broad ; the two long tentacular arms 
FIG. 10. — HEAD AND TENTACLES OF A GREAT CALAMARY {ArchiteiUhis 
prmceps) taken in logie bay, Newfoundland, nov. 1873. 
24 feet in length ; the eight shorter arms each 6 feet long, 
the largest of the latter being 10 inches in circumference at 
the base ; total length of this calamary 32 feet. Professor 
