The octopus

by Henry Lee

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THE OCTOPUS;
OR,
THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND
OF FACT.

THE OCTOPUS
(Octopus vulgaris.)

AQUARIUM NOTES.

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THE OCTOPUS;

OR,

THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND OF FACT.

By HENRY LEE,

F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., &c.,

NATURALIST Of THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.

1875.

LONDON:
BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

I Dedicate this little Book

TO MY VENERABLE FRIEND,

DR. JAMES SCOTT BOWERBANK,

F.R.S., &c.,

ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE WATER VIVARIUM;

TO WHOSE VALUABLE ADVICE AND CHEERING ENCOURAGEMENT
I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, AM INDEBTED FOR THE CONFIRMATION
AND INCREASE OF AN EARLY LOVE OF THE
STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY.

H. L.