, 1881-12-18
DEVILS OF THE SEA.


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/ DEVILS OF THE SEA.
|
| Capture in Newfounf1.,ut of n 11onstar
| Dc.upu.-Vtctur 4Tuyo,. nary.1ous
FicttouH Verified by Fact
St. Johns {Ne1sosnd dud) ts,rrespontencs Mem Tnrk
Her,ld.
| The derl1-itsh or gigantic cuttle-nsh. Is by far
the most conspfcut'us and interesting form
| ntnoug the cephatop0da of North America. 1t
| is only within the past decade Of years that
science has ceased to regard this pelagic mon
ster as the merest of myths. During tht. past
| few years, however, at least three urdpupted
| specimens OF che deysi-Hst hare been captured
by fishermen on the coast OF Newfoundland,
| and one almost complete representative Of the
| family OF the gigantic calamary was recently
| sEt'wn in New iUrk. In April, 1874, Prof. Kent.
OF the british Museum, wrote an elaborate arti-
| Gle for the London Science 1tUesU, In which the
history OF the actual devil-ftsh. US found IN New
tuundiand waters, IS briefly summarized ns tnl-
| lows: Within the last few months considerable
| sensation has been caused throughout the scieu-
| tiiic world bV the report from Newfoundland Ut
gigantic cepnalopod Mtely. encountered bY
| TWO t15nefEnen IN Tue ueiEhporhood Ut Coucep-
| ton Bay, u teutacic OF the same, nineteen feet
in tou,,th bn,,v se.,,rad fnr rho ~ 1,bno
.s.. or. 80 - 80. ,-." ,.
MUSEUM. Ahe stors oA enas ao'enture. as toto
Indebted fur the steps lAkeu to preserve this re-
,,1t,. tepr.cte rn.v III. s,s.4d ,hns
~ u......s. 49, 49, -. -
HoffRibi-E ENtooNfEk On THE WATER
On Oct. &c, iS13 while TWO fishermen from
t t,ps ,varf n1v,nr yhair v,,cu rim ofy rho aaet
. ~ - - ,.''.,e ~. 49, ~ 80"
ctu euu " o'ets1 1>elie As1e' Aoacepoou Day
they descr eu III snort distance frt'En thein q
dark, shapeless uluss floating in the wa1cr- Con-
..,a,, <,e ~. oo~,r,, ~ s,,,,,<. ,raaI ,.,sca1
~ ~ wv " .'s eo7o y. eo o e1''
the men RODE up 10 H. aat'c'patlng valuable
! PRICE, and one OF then struck the object with
his bout hook In an instAut the dnrk mass be-
| ca,ne animated ami onen,,,p our like buve
,'nhrs,a A,s-,,"vaa -, ,o,v mir ~ ,,r,,-,,,an,
uhortAa. o1snnIs eu ~ VIC" pa1F VI utua'ltue
ghastly green eyes OF enormous SIZE. Nhica
glured al them with apparent feroci1y, its huge,
~ '1an ,hx..,a''in,e ~" .. ne ~
sasuao a"o " 90. s" 49,.
"ere so 1eFF'aea oy toe nofFlo's "ppar'tlon tnn'
o,a haYora rhar con,d reonvnr rha3r nres
~ ,s,,,e, .,.x,,.,.,,,, -. ,r,',,a ~.
suss -. n'nn ,,+ ta. faa, fra tto na", x.s
OuL from around il several lour arms Of Corpse
~, .,n;na,s ~ ..,,,,i,. ~ r,a hon, so,,rh+
t ~ -, - Fff - ~ ,.r ..-a
10 envelope II III taelr IVA lolos- 1"o o' enese
rached the boat, u1d IN consequence ot It's great
,enrth one or then, went Completely over and
h,tind IL Al tn,s t,,,,tntnt UNI. of the teu by
nS,na Tn"trtn,lus Pt,a,1. fnrt, t,,,ut,v re.nyerrd
frmn his fright und se1zinx II butcher thut nm
,cnnd In im IN buuri succ9caed by u drs1vrata
t5eif wt,unlt.t int. animal moved Ut backward
at the saule time darkcn,uy tue water with its
iuky emissions, amt presently Became lost to
sight heneath tue eurfacc u the waves The
am Putateu ats mn.eu mste ~ ~ = m ~ tna st uat ta n
s.optss ~ @ 80. ,t ~ ~ * H. ~ u ,,.
-, "a ..s,r a , ,vs .n,,red ~. f1s tn,,seun .sa
shr,;.r ~ fno twn huv,ns, hnen nnf.,rtu,mteiS-
aeo,n,at ~ =" hcfnra i,s .ni,t. .ras En,,,rn Tt,n
',. ,,,,n,,n,,,nn ,sho was rho first ~ ryomi,,e
.sa'S @ @ ~. 49,. sa,.r.I ,,u,, fn,,,l ,hn1 -
mrat,,r'. n., ,.ss tnun nineteen feet. A IIrre
t,re ~ ~. .'r,, ,rus ro..noo and ,ha n:hrru,en
.'i .uT ,,, ,,,a5 ~ tca.1 ~ +an @ Tar rra
mers ~ the heoI, 1'ii r frry fner
~ i,;n m.u. -; ~ rne t,,nh ~ re H.,,. Nr
.r,ov n,f ry heirs mt h,s nwi, nninion that
IL "as, ons " 'hu h,,,. - ,,,,'rnaE. Iva ~ -
!e,.ts'eu.n ~ ,,a,s1..a ,,i,.., a..n fe.t ia ~
'a pae s's uk cols'r entirety eartliar,aous. tough
a1o PAuus .r " ,Israa ,,ii tnua @ bo'f ;ihns r.
y ls ous 1nsee Au ,,ra'1 III ~ .ueu1s ses,, ~
Wncle u u1uaueLo 'a1 uu ot1 ~ sA asn". ir, % ~.
tusil tapsEs ~ ~ II p.ery p., NY - ,,ad VIZ .nS'
la ~ .h. W rs oio1 ~ fna cxirce end rrrf
ets ~ !ne Wy p.a1, pot" ta az ,,h t;,,.. 0 snrH
- c4nslci ~ etnna. % M t; .n 49, 49, hp
. .. s . e"an sr Tnaan ,Earf. .rt. ,hnr
a,.an1v Tha,, ,.n,,'.. i,yn ri,1ys of very I,,rre
sestuy" Aueu t.i .uaS s;so AZ" - ~ aot c a"ts 49,
,ar suSr' Who's Mi ~ 1,sosfrr rho ,r,r1iuoi,.,,us
VIZ ~, h,.,,,v dens:n,attd These arc TWEEN
ty-lour ~ NUMBER. Atter tnese Is me-,
~ th 's, a,s .tt.,1 tft,. r., ;,,,,,er 4h,nr
a -. ~ . ~ ~ t,,,,1 ,.,:i !, -net. su,nl, xi,cE
@ e1s w. -ais,r,,I,,nI a. ;nTerraIs tc,n,r j., al
,,s..a, ~ ~ isn ,,'i, .1.s -, ~, arm
aoou@ 1oo eue"e'' va D NHo - - 49,
TILL lotf BAY SPECIMEN.
Scarcely had the news uf this remarkable ad-
,,e1t,lrs and ACQUISITION reached England and
tt,, limited States tnu,I eitlgetlce wits received
from ina same so,jrce-,,ulueIy: frou the Kev,
Mr' Haryey-ttat II secont = g,tt.c cuttIe-rsh.
jtle interior tu the one Just described had been
1nkpn II, II ret by three fishermen III l.tgy Bay,
son, hrt.t, n, les from ST. Junps The fnru,idtl-
Ill. nrfns having hecune ettu,gled in the fu,tls
III th ncr the creature power vi resistance was
ai,nr,s1 tni,ietely u,luihlluted: It nevertheless
r..,u,r,.d Inp efforts pf Iii The 1pe1i 10 ssnu-
ni,.s,Iy nverct,tne IT, and il gus n befn.s. they
had surrceurd In .sevtring the mu,,sl er's bead
from il, body tha, they were able 10 take
utsscss;ou OF their prize The entire budy
Of This cu1tIe-fl$h WIS brought to st.
Johns, anu photographs were mMde of it.
aud steps taken to prcseryu tho whuie. The
budy ot tins specimen measures eight feet ]
ID ieueth, with u g,rth of nve feet. the |
9 rn1 sbur1er arms each six lee, 10 length. The
for11,iuuGle horny, purrut-like b 1k IL the size
Of Il nuns tis, ana the. mtpbral,t,ls sockets IF
the PROMINENT eyes gave II diameter Of four
iucl,es The description and figures published I
of This Sample leave 5 doubt that it is Il smaller
md yltit,u. or the same species Ut which SINGLE
rentncle o,.y Wus secure.l !, few weeks previous
~ IL u,weyer sIlrusstS the larger que In i'm
1'nrtnnce. since through it uo are fur the first I
r.. ~, s,f entire !