big squids

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50124

squid n �"The early literature of natural history has, from very remote times, contained allusions to huge species of cephalopods, often accompanied by more or less fabulous and usually exaggerated descriptions of the creatures. . . . The description of the 'poulpe' or devil-fish, by Victor Hugo, in 'Toilers of the Sea,' with which so many readers are familiar, is quite as fabulous and unreal as any of the earlier accounts, and even more bizarre. . . . Special attention has only recently been called to the frequent occurrence of these 'big squids,' as our fishermen call them, in the waters of Newfoundland and the adjacent coasts. . . . I have been informed by many other fishermen that the 'big squids' are occasionally taken on the Grand Ganks and used for bait, Nearly all the specimens hitherto taken appear to have been more or less disabled when first observed, other- wise they probably would not appear at the surface in the daytime. From the fact that they have mostly come ashore in the night, I infer that they inhabit chiefly the very deep and cold fiords of Newfoundland, and come over to the surface (over) [reverse] only in the night." - From the "Report on the Cephalopods of the Northeastern Coast of America," by A. E. Verrill. Extracted from a report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, issued by the Government Printing Office in Washington, In this report twenty-fve specimens of the large species taken in Newfoundland are described in detail. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used squede, ~ hound, ~ jig, ground, ~ line, ~ school , squirt, squib, squiddle, squit, squitter, squid-o, squid bait, squid baiting, BAITING n, squid barrel, squid finger, ~ hand, SEAL FINGER, squid ground, GROUND,squid hook, squid jigger. Reverse side of S_19632