The Graduate.
A School of Squid.
I spent seven weeks of my vacation in Searsport, Maine. One day my father proposed to go fishing in the bay. We got a boat and rowed to a spot noted for cunners. Soon my father began to pull in his line. I followed his example. When the supposed fish reached the surface we found they were not fish, but squid. They threw water upon us, and threw out a poisonous inklike substance, which luckily did not hit us.
We did not take the squid into the boat, but let them drag over the stern as we rowed ashore. We looked over the side of the boat, and away down in the water we could see a large school of them. They rose to about four feet from the surface. One of them grasped the largest of the prisoners and endeavored to pull him away. The line proved too strong, and he gave up the task.
It is very interesting to watch squid swim. When swimming forward, the ten arms are laid in such a position as to form a point. The caudal fin is now its propeller. When swimming backwards the caudal fin is carefully folded over the body. Water is then forced through the siphon, which sends the body backward. The squid's head is so joined to the body that it appears like a pivot. The body is covered with black specks, which are little sacs of pigment that expand and contract. The general color is white.
William J. Putnam, R.T.K.
Dorchester, Mass.
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