, 1881-12-18

| lfnsth OF ten.aculAr arms, % feet; length al
t,se Of arns, II inches: = eFcnnierence "S teus. T.
acular arms, inches; at their expanded por-
non: inches: length OF upper fnandible, 5:5
inches: diameter ri hrge suckers, inch: di-
| ameter OF eye openings, snches.''
AZ Hammer Coye, .n the southwest arm to
Green buy. large devil Dish was driven ashore
| prompt Information Of 1t. but before the init
chtnery he bad put in motion to sccurc 1t had
x and ~Ii sea f Ths
only part nf this tsh secured was Il piece Of thu
pen afn'ut one foot i'll length. The date Of
venbcr, ls1e. Al Smiths Sound, in Trinity Bay,
s.th aaoshsr j., tne specimen q our devil tsh r,.n
scay Z IT, I oDs e the Nao % Of %
Harvey: %on 'S Nov. *'i i, e. earig ige % IL sae m
f Lance sagd s ase an or the
desperately to escape~ It hnd been nornu
in.by spring tide n...t u high inshore ~tnI. In
furrow III bout thirty feet long and of cs,nsi.tcr-
able d'p&h by tncanS OF the stream, OF water that
the , Sh 9esg ssSs1 f1s t h ss Dp sSP1e
ao0t eleven feet in length aud the htHg. fettfc-
| alhr arms measured tbfrty-Ehrea feet. The
sesstle arms were about twelve feet. This dnc
specimen wns completely Inst It wA3 cut up IT,
| pieces BY the inhMbstants Of the ulaet. aud was
washed OUT 70 sen by the tide Nr. t1arvcy ulso
..cnst ashore in October, 1877, in the :astom nj
TRINITY Bay. IL waaeut upurd Used for nlan,!re.
| NO portions ARE known to have been preserved
ana no measurements were @tven-
| FIGHTING 4 ..sEA DEVIL"
This sample and its mode OF capture are de-
scribed hv Mr. Harvey In the following terms:
On the ID day nj: November. 1s::s, Stephen
| Tickle, wus out In II boat with Two ntner men.
Not far .frt,m the shore they observed ss,inc
bulky object, and supp*'sng 1t a1ight BE- part af
u wreck they rlwesi toward it, and their hur-
ror found themselves close to huge tsn having
| large. CLASSY eyes. which was making dc=perate
fostn BY the u1s'tion TT its immense arms and
| tail. II was agrouud, and the tide was cbbiux-
From the funnel Ut The back of its bead iG Was
! its method If mayiug backward. the force.
| of the s1reanl., By the reaction Ut the sur
rounding medium. driving it il the required di-
rection. At titnes the wuter from the syphtn
was Ms bluck as ink. Finding tue monster pnr-
TALLY disabled. the fishermen p!ucked up CUR
erapnei OF their h,ut, the sharp hukes Ut which.
having barbed points. sunk into the soft butiy-
To the grapnel they had attached u Stout rouc
which they hid cufrie nshnrt. und tied to tree
to prevent 1he sh frt,m ,.ou:. ont with the
tide It was q happy Thought, for the devil lsh
FUND himself efcct,rsiy sloore1 to the shore.
arms about in dying uEnny. The fishermen tnok
care to keep al IL respectful distance fr.'n, the
g long tentacles which ever and anon dsrtcd out.
hfe great tongues, trona tue central 1nuss
AT length It became cxhausted. and, as tho
water receded, it expired. Tie fishermen. alas:
knowing no better proceeded ~ cunycrt It iiit0
dogs neat. 1t was ii splendid speci.neu--shG
largest yet taken-the lxmiy me4sur,,s twenty
fect from the ot;!k tt. tue extremity q the tni
1t was thus double the size uf tue New York
specimen: and tive feet inn.er than ne me
taken ut Three Arms by William kudee The
OF the nrms measured th:rty-ive feet; This
must have been tentaclc-" The ons. tnken ut
Three Arms by Within Budye.l, and referred
to in Mr. ffarvey's letter just cited, WIS fifteen
feet in length from tail II, c.,k. Ii was twelve
feet in circumference Ii, the ihickest p,rt ut the
body. One at tho short arms ranged to length
of sixteen feet.
THE 1879 SPECIMEN.
The account of the cupturc OF this large devil
ash was published in the Chronicle Of this city
Dec.2. 1879, II took the shape of II letter, fruin
which the following il an extract: . MIR Th',nIls
MOnres and severa! Others saw something; li,uv-
ing about in the water not fur from the s5avc.
Getting intt boat they went alongside. when
they were surprised 10 see n1onsirous s'lnlt.
One ot the Men struck ut 1t with I'LL oar. and It
Immediately struck out for the shore. and went
quite III upou the beAch. The men then sue
Gesed e r N .etfnG pe arq fnir} ana fe4 it
xt.ther- The body wusMbout nine tcet In length.
and TWO OF its rentactcs or hortls were twenty
hnrns and not 50 long. Tho body was about six
feet IN circumference When first seen BY the
writer IT wus in the water and very much dis
figured, rs one nf the lnen hhd thOuEbtlcSly cut
OH the TWO longest tentAcles. aud had ripped the
body partly oEen. thereby completely spoiling
the appearance Of the creature
Several other specimens If the derll fish. but
a1l of mtltilnted and fraEtnentary character,
have during ehe past ten Or twelve yenrs come
within our notice In Newfoundland. Ch,ef
among these are the RUFUS sample. two shurt
arms OF which we're recovered by Mr. Harvey,
measuring eight feet tn length. and the Pan1uer-
eau spec.Tner. consisting Ut the extreme end Ut
the ten'acuMr arm, al",ut eighteen inches tn
length, and completely denusted of its suckers
This wus taken BY Capt. Collins. OF The itshIug
schooner MaFinn. tut OF the stomach OF the pre-
dacinus fish known 10 natDralists- rs the .1tepi-
dn$1ui1ts feT1sr- The capture was efected tn me
autumn Of 1870. in north latitude 1: degrees 10
md iftn-f ~
west, utf tne coast OF Nova Scotia.
THE LATEST IMPORTANT CAPTURE. I
No fresh contribution Of any note to the land
preserves Of North American cepnhlops"ia uaa
offered Itself siAce that date until The AppcAE-
nnce Of the Portugal CoyeSpectnen nj the great
devil fish. which WIS captured IN the evening Of
footed visitor 10 oul shores Is now On beard the
Cromwell steamship Gamma, On Its way to New
York, in charge Of Capt. Davies. = few hours
tisnertnen i received the following. notc
Boari, oar Of Puol,c Works Department: This
tha1 ran in cl.se 10 the sbore about nta'n ttday
at Portugal Gave, and WIS captured BY twn fish
ersnen nar4e Josepb Mii1ar aud Robert rlcGn.
The length Of the body is five feet and nalr'
OF the Eead. one fot't and ouhrter: and the
total length 10 the extremity OF the LONG 1enta-
Sx is t tee i tb IS toF 5eee ta
is about hftcctl inches w1de.-Noy; ~.
1sSl-, On receipt Of this note | ltnmediately
c,.pturs OF the monster fish bad brought 1t up
safely truin the sen una deposited it IN one 0f !
their fshiug stages. succeeded In gettaZ pos
SESSION Of it on tarly reasonable terms uud had
it conveyed up to ST. tnhns eary next 1unfnst1@-
1t did no. $uier much either In the early stages
Of handing and getting tun shore ',r IN the tram
sit fretn Portugni Cove st. Johns Tue tsv long
tcntattes nre the only pnrtions OF the monsterthal
huve suffered any depreciation. But these are the
least valuable pnrtinus III the whoe ceono'nv OF
this .lccupol, wne1ler ttl the STUDENT OF analytic
SCIENCE pr to the mere curious and Gasuai OBJ |
server ut natural monstrnsities- 1'ne wh"!e !
min body of the t1sh Its eight huge brachi't
are Nil 1ntact. and, whus is tt paramount tn /
portance either 10 scientific experts or to mere
curious i,1ettunti, tho animal Is in state ct |
fnult!ess preservation. having been carefully !
n,ckcd and islc,lsed in ice within thtrtv-slx |
hv1rs after It's cnpture. 4 skifully-exccutcd |
portrait .of this demoniac uotssk wMs made ty !,
Mr. E. Lyons, one Of the Photographic artists OF /
this city. !
NOVELTIES IN COOKERY. |
Some Of the Lnrc>t Freaks OF Fashion |
at The Dluing-Tabie.
Nrsp ToYk Sar.. |
The foshfnnah hita se0son in this city Is OPEN !