. Birds and nature . FROM COL. CHI, ACAD. 1011 N( r n II I BKAK OF OCTOPUS. PEARLY NAUTILUS.(Nautilus umbilicatus). 1901. BV PAPER NAUTILUS.(Argonauta tuber culata). masses below, to discover the animal inits favorite haunts. The experienced eyeof the native may probably encounter itin its usual position, clinging to someprominent ledge, with the shell turneddownwards. The tackle consists first, ofa large, round, wicker-work basket,shaped very much like a cage rat-trap,having an opening above, with a circlet ofpoints directed inward, so as to permit ofentry but to preclude escape; s
. Birds and nature . FROM COL. CHI, ACAD. 1011 N( r n II I BKAK OF OCTOPUS. PEARLY NAUTILUS.(Nautilus umbilicatus). 1901. BV PAPER NAUTILUS.(Argonauta tuber culata). masses below, to discover the animal inits favorite haunts. The experienced eyeof the native may probably encounter itin its usual position, clinging to someprominent ledge, with the shell turneddownwards. The tackle consists first, ofa large, round, wicker-work basket,shaped very much like a cage rat-trap,having an opening above, with a circlet ofpoints directed inward, so as to permit ofentry but to preclude escape; secondly, arough piece of rope of sufficient length toreach the bottom; and lastly, a smallpiece of branched wood, with thebranches sharpened to form a sort ofgrapnel, to which a perforated stone is at-tached, answering the purpose of a sink-er. The basket is now weighted withstones, well baited with boiled cray-fish(the principal food of the Nautilus iscrabs of different species), and thendropped gently down near the
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