[ [69] ] For a full description of the habits of this animal in captivity, see an article by the present writer in the 'Leisure Hour' of September 28, 1878; from which the illustration, [Fig. 17], is borrowed by the kind consent of the Editor of that publication.
[ [70] ] Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. August, 1857.
[ [71] ] The octopus is still called the "preke" in some parts of England, notably in Sussex. The translation of Oppian's 'Halieutics,' from which this passage and others are quoted is that by Messrs. Jones and Diaper, of Baliol College, Oxford, and was published in 1722.
[ [72] ] Homer's 'Odyssey,' Pope's Translation, Book XII.
[ [73] ] 'Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus,' lib. xxi. cap. vi. A.D. 1555.
[ [74] ] 'Natural History of the Sperm Whale.' Van Voorst, 1839.
[ [75] ] The octopus.
[ [76] ] Naturalis Historia, lib. ix. cap. 30.
[ [77] ] Appendix to Sir Edward Belcher's 'Voyage of the "Samarang,"' by Mr. Arthur Adams, assistant surgeon to the expedition.
[ [78] ] 'The Octopus,' 1873, p. 57.