Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 246
FIG. I. THE NAUTU^US OUT OF ITS bllKI.I.. For several days and nights I had this won-derful creature under observation. The first sur-prise was its tameness. It is supposed to be one of the most timid of al! animals, and doubtless is,in its native haunts; but ten minutes after I hadplaced it in the… … FIG. 2. COVERING I TS SHKLL WITH ITS BROAD TKN l ACLKS. it ate some fish which I offered it and permittedme to handle it. If the reader has never seen an octopus ordevil-fish, it is difficult to compare it to anything.Imagine an elongated bag the size of a turkeysegg, perhaps a little larger or…
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