Cuttlefish Ink.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 10 April 1902, Page 15

Cuttlefish Ink.

The cuttlefish are caught in great numbers off the Cornwall coast ?n qnn t, 2. IW-V/l W -V/ l °l s llne from which «c suspended from 200 Zrert^t^nP^^l* ey eject with considerable*^ a great quantity of deep black, viscous substance which is about the consistency of treacle, and the stain made by it upon the cloSa of the fisherman is permanent if it happens to fell ipon them. I full chTr^Th- 0^ Wlth ?r who haß several tim *' received a full charge m his face, and he asiured me that beyond the smell which is most nauseous, he felt no inconvenience at aU, no ■marting or pain m his eyes, and had no bad after effects If'any of the liquid gets upon the neta it rots them beyond repair unlew it is washed off immediately. Another curious fact is that thh fluid will not injure cloth in the slightest degree beyond maKni a permanent stain. One man told me that he hid uwdTSrsey f or several years which had been squirted over at dSnVSs by these cephalopods, but that except|for the cloth being stained it wm