Show 0 0 fl 8 FISH that u tt tt u a 0 I 1 n U in your fago 0 1 the largest I 1 have seen meas tired three feet eight inches without attempting to stretch its tenta tentacles cleb like the fishes they seem to sleep with one eye closed at a time as I 1 have seen them resting on the sea bottom for this purpose and when the bait fell near the sleeping side it was wat un observed but wh whon n dropped on the other it was gripped at once their enemies are all the carnivorous fishes which they often evade eithe either by evolution fight 0 mimicry borall for all of which devices they have some caal adaptations in the first dinst ce they have two tough flexible fins or wings high on the back which enable them to swim forward or backward without turning which is an accomma dation of great utility in either attack or retreat then their eyes are so situated as almost to command a ctr cle this also in a fight is invaluable tor for they can see all 11 their enemies and know their power and can advance or retire as the occasion may require then besides their ink bag they have a muscular siphon enabling them to shoot their enemies in the air some ten feet and in the sea some three or four feet away not long ago a friend of mine saw a skirmish between a 0 lollio and its en emy in which the cuttle came off the victor he was fishing in the clear water off bay and wishing to catch a john doree he tied the end of hn line to the tail tall of a live oung young sea bream and threw it into the sea now a doree Is fond ot 0 living food and likes to swallow it headforemost this suits the fisherman as when de doured in this form the spines of the bream act as books to the fisherman s line and are sure to bring all on board the bream had not got tar far down in the sea before a cuttle saw it and quickly fastened on an to the back of its neck and before any steps were taken to scare it away a large doree was seen coming to the front there was no doubt or hesitation about its pur pose for it was seen that it desired to swallow the lot as it was quietly going forward all the time but bat taking a side view as the opportunity bea offered when about five feet from its quarry there was a violent rush on it wit biti i jaws wide open but there was just as quick action on the other side for the contents of the ink bag were as quickly shot into the onen mouth in an a in stant with the impetus of the rush the doree was in a cloud of thick darkness dar kress and the cuttle cuttie slunk out of sight the doree appeared out of the mud die in a dreadful state its eyes rolled as if in terror and its beautiful olive skin had turned deadly pal while its coughing and fumble ng were something to be remembered bla black cr I 1 matter being again and again ex abed from gills and mouth it was really thought that the creature was about to die and the gaff was got ready to take it on board for it had lad floated up within tour four feet of the boat but noting her outline it gently sank bank into the deaths below when gaffing the cuttle for bait halt the face of the fisherman unless he has something white about him Is always the s target for shooting out of water I 1 rp member having a noted london doctor c ait oit it at sea for a little litti e amateur fishing fish lne he wo id like to see a loll 1011 lologo a cuttle caught he said I 1 him of what was likely to happen when gaffing was on but he did not care surely he said I 1 can dodge such guess guesswork mork as thi must be for so choit a time I 1 felt dubious as to the result seeing his white shirt was a prominent object through his having such an or en vest finally a cuttle took the bait and as I 1 drew it toward i LS is s the doctor altor lot all thought of himself and his adornments in his admiration of the movements and the beautiful eyes of the creature when in an instant as I 1 gaffed it the whole ink charge struck him in the throat |