Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

    The crew of the Perle, a French fishing boat, was about to pull a big net in when they encountered a sudden resistance and found that the net was simply crammed, not with good mackerel, but with dozens of octopuses, each provided with tentacles more than six feet in length. The poor men had an awful time, as the slimy wretches were swarming up the side of the craft. They had at last to cut the rope of the net, sacrificing it altogether, and then they had to free the side of the boat from the octopuses which stuck to it. They speak with horror of their remarkable experience, and the loss of the net is very serious for them as well.