Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-09 | Page 2 | Not a Pleasant Companion

NOT A PLEASANT COMPANION landlubber glad when captured squid was set at liberty having caught a squid a landlubber it sea thus describes him th squid la a smal cousin of the octopus he ie about one toot long from the tip of his tall id the tip of his tentacles extended normally he ie of a pale tan and rich sienna with darker spots but he has the to become if frightened almost col orless in an instant in extreme fright he discharges a dirty brown sef se f crealon in the manner of his kind ana escapes while the enemy Is anvel aped in the impenetrable smudge the head Is principally arms with a formidable beak in the cen ter while hia eyes are located just back of the arm cluster the tall I 1 of the shape of a spearhead with rounded barbs I 1 did not examine him very closely because of his snake like tentacles and further because his beak rasping on the iron was most unpleasant we dropped him overboard and I 1 was glad to seo him go