Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1847, Vol. 3: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood EngravingsOur readers know that in some parts of the ocean there are enormous sea ani mals called Sepia, which are a kind of polypi. They have very long legs, and are said sometimes to seize upon the co ral divers along the coast of Italy. Mr. Beale tells us the following adventure with a creature of this sort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.