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Squid

           Theyfancythatthemonstertowhichthesearmsbelongedordinarilyclingsbythemtothebedoftheocean;andthatthespermwhale,unlikeotherspecies,issuppliedwithteethinordertoattackandtearit.

           ThereseemssomegroundtoimaginethatthegreatKrakenofBishopPontoppodanmayultimatelyresolveitselfintoSquid.ThemannerinwhichtheBishopdescribesit,asalternatelyrisingandsinking,withsomeotherparticularshenarrates,inallthisthetwocorrespond.Butmuchabatementisnecessarywithrespecttotheincrediblebulkheassignsit.

           Bysomenaturalistswhohavevaguelyheardrumorsofthemysteriouscreature,herespokenof,itisincludedamongtheclassofcuttle-fish,towhich,indeed,incertainexternalrespectsitwouldseemtobelong,butonlyastheAnakofthetribe.

           

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