. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. CiUtle-Fish. 123 Mr. Beale_, twined its limbs around tliat gentle- man's arm, which was bared to tlie shoulder for the purpose of thrusting into holes of the rocks after shells, and endeavoured to get its horny beak in a position for biting. The narrator describes the sickening sensation of horror which chilled his very blood, as he felt the creature^s cold slimy grasp, and saw its large
. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. CiUtle-Fish. 123 Mr. Beale_, twined its limbs around tliat gentle- man's arm, which was bared to tlie shoulder for the purpose of thrusting into holes of the rocks after shells, and endeavoured to get its horny beak in a position for biting. The narrator describes the sickening sensation of horror which chilled his very blood, as he felt the creature^s cold slimy grasp, and saw its large staring eyes fixed on him, and the beak opening and closing. He called loudly for help, and was soon joined by his companion, who relieved him by destroying the Cuttle-fish with a knife, and detaching the limbs piece by piece. There are several species of these cephalopods; the most generally distributed appears to be the. 0. VULGARIS. S. VULGARIS. S. OFFICINALIS. Octojous vulgaris, or Common Cuttle-fish, which i3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881. London, Groombridge and Sons
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