. The animal life of our seashore. With special reference to the New Jersey coast and the southern shore of Long Island. Marine animals. 8 THE SHELL-FISH OF THE COAST. common form, and the one that is almost alone met with, is the squid or calamary,—the Lolu/o Pealii of naturalists,—an animal measuring some 9 inches in the length of its body, or 18 inches including the length of its longest arms. None of the fabulous mon- sters that have wrung from the poet and the novelist their mythi- cal conceptions of the ' devil-fish,' or any- thing that at all ap- proaches in dimen- sions the famous 20-
. The animal life of our seashore. With special reference to the New Jersey coast and the southern shore of Long Island. Marine animals. 8 THE SHELL-FISH OF THE COAST. common form, and the one that is almost alone met with, is the squid or calamary,—the Lolu/o Pealii of naturalists,—an animal measuring some 9 inches in the length of its body, or 18 inches including the length of its longest arms. None of the fabulous mon- sters that have wrung from the poet and the novelist their mythi- cal conceptions of the ' devil-fish,' or any- thing that at all ap- proaches in dimen- sions the famous 20- foot specimen for- merly preserved in the New York Aquarium, has ever been noted from this part of the Atlantic coast. But whether large or small our animal is alike in- LoLiGo PEALII. teresting. The beauti- ful tints of the body, which, chameleon-like, vary as different patches of pigment-particles are ex- posed to the surface, cannot fail to elicit admiration, even though the general appearance of the creature prove at first a trifle repulsive. There are, however, a number of interesting points about this animal which stamp it at once as being no ordinary specimen. In the first place, a cuttle-fish, of whatever form. 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 Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company
Size: 1162px × 2149px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectmarineanimals, bookye
