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Show NOT A PLEASANT COMPANION. Landlubber Glad When Capture I Squid Was Set at Liberty. Having caught a squid, a landlubber Jfl at sea thus describes him: "Tht fl squid Is a small cousin ot the octo- fV pus. He is about one toot long from H tho tip of his tall to the tip of his tentacles (extended). Normally, ho It M ot a pale tan and rich sienna, with jfl darker spots; but ho has the powei jfl to become, If frightened, almost col- H orlcss in an Instant. In extreme ffl fright ho discharges a dirty brown se- jfl cretlon, In tho manner of his kind, and ifl escapes whllo tho enemy is envel- ffl oped In the Impenetrable smudgo. Th tfl head is principally arms, with a for- HJ mldablo parrotllko beak In the cen- ifl tor; whllo his eyes ore located Just ffl back ot the arm-cluster. The tall Is ffl of tho shape of a spearhead, with jfl rounded barbs. I did not examine- jfl him very closely, becauso of his snaked Ifl Hko tentacles; and, further, because)- M his beak, rasping on tho spear-Iron, 9 was most unpleasant. We dropped him flj overboard and I was glad to see him, H go." HJ |