 | 1854 - 1112 str.
...left. It was ereeping on its eight legs, whieh, from their soft and flexible nature, bent eonsiderably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentaeula only a small distanee from the roeks. It appeared mueh alarmed at seeing him, and made every... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 str.
...the surf, which had only just left it. I had never seen one like it under such circumstances before. It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their...body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tcntacula only a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing me, and made every... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 str.
...the retreating surf. I had never seen one like it before. It was creeping on i?s eight- legs, \\hich, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably...body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its ti ntacula only a small distai.ee from the rocks. "It appeared much alarmed on seeing me, and made... | |
 | Seas - 1849 - 132 str.
...his feet a most extraordinary-looking animal crawling towards the surf which it had only just left. It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their...weight of its body ; so that it was lifted by the effort of its arms only a small distance from the rocks. It appeared very much alarmed at seeing him,... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1856 - 200 str.
...towards the surf, which it had only just left. It was creeping on its eight legs, which, being of a soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it only rose a small distance from the rocks. Mr. Beale endeavoured to stop it by pressing on one of its... | |
 | Issac Dowd Williamson - 1858 - 172 str.
...his feet a most extraordinary looking animal crawling towards the surf, which it had only just left. It was creeping on its eight legs, which from their...body ; so that it was lifted by the efforts of its arms only a small distance from the rocks. It appeared very much alarmed at seeing him, and made every... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 830 str.
...sea-tide, I was much astonished at seeing at my feet a most 362 THE ROCK SQUID. extraordinary-looking animal crawling towards the surf, which had only just...body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacles only a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing me, and made every... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 str.
...POULPE. SO* the suvf, which it had only just left. It was creeping on its eight legs, which, being of a soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it only rose a small distance from the rocks. Mr. Beale endeavoured to stop it by pressing on one of its... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 str.
...(Octopva ventricotut, Grant). Body short, round, the eight arms connected at their base by a membrane. bent considerably under the weight of its body ; so...only a small distance from the rocks. It appeared ranch alarmed at seeing him, and made every effort to escape. Mr. Beale endeavoured to stop it by pressing... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 str.
...his feet a most extraordinary looking animal crawling towards the surf, which it had only just left. It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, Eight-Armed Cuttle (Octopus cu'garit). " The males of some species of Octopus and Eledonc are similar... | |
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It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacula only, a small distance from the rocks. 
