[ [1] ] 'Natural History of Norway.' A.D. 1751.
[ [2] ] Born 1643; died 1712.
[ [3] ] Olaus Magnus has sometimes been mistaken for his brother and predecessor in the archiepiscopal see, Johan Magnus, author of a book entitled 'Gothorum, Suevorumque Historia.' Olaus was the last Roman Catholic archbishop of the Swedish church, and when the Reformation, supported by Gustavus Vasa, gained the ascendancy in Sweden, he remained true to his faith, and retired to Rome, where he wrote his work, 'Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus,' Romæ, 1555. An English translation of this book was published by J. Streater, in 1658. It does not contain the illustrations.
[ [4] ] 'Natural History of Norway,' vol. ii., p. 210.
[ [5] ] From the Greek words cephale, the head; and poda, feet.
[ [6] ] From octo, eight; and pous (poda), feet.
[ [7] ] See an excellent article in the Field, Sept. 2, 1876, on the 'Ten Footed Cuttle' (Sepia officinalis), by the late Mr. W. A. Lloyd, an earnest and accomplished aquatic zoologist; eccentric, but in all that relates to the construction and management of an aquarium a master of his craft. It was his wish that in any future edition of my little book on the Octopus, or other writings on the cephalopods, I should use the woodcuts which illustrated his articles on Sepia and Octopus. By the kind permission of the proprietors of the Field, I reproduce them in suitable size for these pages.
[ [8] ] See 'The Octopus; or, the Devil-fish of Fiction and of Fact.' 1873. Chapman and Hall.
[ [9] ] This carving was figured in illustration of an interesting paper by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S., &c., "On some new and rare Cephalopoda," in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, April 20, 1880.
[ [10] ] 'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques,' vol. ii., p. 256.