National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-05
TIE DEYN-Fy.SH.
sos,r111SG MORE ABOUT HIM.

SOMETHING MORE ABOUT HIN.
fCtrrcsi,ondsncc of the Toronto Giobc.1
A niece OF. rare good fortune has fallen in my
way. in connection with this extraordinary
fish. In nv last letter gave your readers an
account Of an interview which two OF our
fisherne, had with monstrous Specimen OF
the race in Conception bay, and of the alnpI-
tation of two of its arms. Yesterday a nsher-
man frui Logic bay called on me and IN
formed d. that he had captured deyii-hsh
I'm a net On examination l found that ms
ytstems,t WAS correct, and that though the
dimentions Of this specimen are sniaii, coh-
soared VIII ;ha monster of Conception bay, IL
Is NV no means .!to be sneezed at" and Is
much I,rrcr than Victor Huco's celebrated
leyilash. / SIN now the possrssor OF com
blete specim" Of this remarka6ic cu.tie-hsh'
ind. i,drinr from tic articles which have re-
hntIy apucarcl on the subject in the Scientific
AJAe,.isaa, tl,cre is 10 other specimen on this
sid of tile Atlantic 1t took four stout fisher
me to Kill il: and they were al length COM
pelkd to cut oil its head in order to accomplish
the object. Had it not been cntangled in a
heiing net, so that its huge arms were not
avtlable, as il could get no hold by It's suck
ersthe men would have had no chance oil cap,
tuns it. / have just been examining anu
masIrinc my prize, and certainly j is ono Oh
them,st extraordinary and horrible creatures
eve drawn from the great deep. Inc en'ire
lengt, oS the bolyis about nine iect, AMI aootu
Eve ftstin firth at the thic!Sest part. The heak
Is small-ro. much bigger than nan MS
ard shipped exactly like that OF parro'.
Round tie head eight armsexten'l, Two OF tiiein
being lo,s tcntacles, twentytWo icet ID tais u,
ribtDn-kc strips, not more than TWO mesies III
eirctmfScnce, and armed at the exsreE,'ttS
will rots of suckers having tecthed CD IS.
Tae rerhin;n- six are powerful arms, each SIX
feet in lGcth and at the junction with the BODY
almost thick as a mans thigh. fhey taper
to q fin -point. and are entirely covered WIN
large acie.s. having dentit uiateu e1:es:
Diminishing in size towards the extTcmi'ics,
where hey are not larger than spnt pea.
SClaspetin tiilsc six clanmy arms, VILE some
Ghsir sInrp edges sinking into the flesh ana
shree hundred suckers acting at one moment ana
Beemint to drink the blood, how po"efiess anu
haples 4 victim would at once become. Inc
sucker, stand out prominently from the surface
of the arm. TO which each is attached by a
stout lirature. How the creature can worh
thSe bong tentacles, which are put q
slip OF cartilage, darling them with al
m@t lish: ming speed, is inconceIvaoie. II
seems to he that they must be used as caoies
.oanchor i.seif to the rocks, or to the bottom
oftbe Do where the water is shallow, and
ths give i: purchase in graspiny its prey:
Possibly, too, they may be used as organs OF
ioomotion in moving forward along the ho'-
ton of the sea- or for the purpose OF graepng
mre distar. objects, and drawing them wthih
Oh reach of the shorter and stouter arms.
TIE lon. arms of this specimen are very much
thinner, and not within ten feet OF being as
log as the arm brought in by the fishermen OF
Portugal Cove, which must have belonged 10
cry much larger cutie. Altogether, my spe-
Snen is a wonderful sight-a huge cartilagln-
. rs tube sur,;punted with beak and eyes, but
q face, around which the immense arms ra-
dte like the spoIcs of a wheel. The glutin-
Is mass has livid, corpse-like appearance.
Barum had It in his showroom, what a
rsh there would be to see it At present 1t
Gupies an i~noble position on the floor OF an
ot-house, but am taking measures to have
ipreSertcd.