. Denizens of the deep [microform]. Marine biology; Deep-sea animals; Deep-sea fishes; Biologie marine; Faune des grands fonds; Possions de grands fonds. -f?^^ The Use of Squid with snrh force as to hurl the creature backward with i;r(at speed, its ten arms trailing along in a compart |!( imed bundle. Also that jet is stained with sepia, so that the enemies following hard after may not be able to see whither the chased has gone. Of course this int thod of progression varies in its speed according to the size of the creature, the smallest Squid being ;il)le to I'^ap out of water on to a ship's
. Denizens of the deep [microform]. Marine biology; Deep-sea animals; Deep-sea fishes; Biologie marine; Faune des grands fonds; Possions de grands fonds. -f?^^ The Use of Squid with snrh force as to hurl the creature backward with i;r(at speed, its ten arms trailing along in a compart |!( imed bundle. Also that jet is stained with sepia, so that the enemies following hard after may not be able to see whither the chased has gone. Of course this int thod of progression varies in its speed according to the size of the creature, the smallest Squid being ;il)le to I'^ap out of water on to a ship's deck, where every sailor has found them at some time or another in low latitudes. The largest ones, that is, those upmi whom the sperm whale browses, cannot, I should , move very fast; but then all their movements are s'lroudcd in the deepest mystery. The range of the Decapods is enormous. They arc found in some of their varieties in all the seas of all His world, and there is no doubt that they form tlio greater part of the food of all the higher vertebrate \>h. In certain seas it is hardly too much to say the water is thick with the smaller kinds, and this is of course the case where there are shoals of fish, such as cod, to be fed. For this is the use of the Squid. There are few civilised people who care to eat Squid, although they are really not bad-tasting, but there are no fish that do not love this sapid mollusc, who has no pro- tei tion whatever against their sharp teeth, no speed to of, and no bones to hinder digestion. In dealing with the numbers of the sea-folk, one docs not dare to compute, one can only deal in vague 1:1 inTahties, but I well remember once catching a fish we sailors know as a skip-jack, a kind of mackerel ^niallcr than a bonito, and averaging four pounds in \\ i,i;ht. There were many thousands around the ^'â ''W all busily leapang after Squid. I baited my hook ''Mth a piece of white rag and flicked it about from the )oom until I
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