Gibson. Monsters of the sea

Today's free book is Monsters of the sea, legendary and authentic by John Gibson (1890). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at UFDC (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

Sea-snakes
Pontoppidan's sea-serpent
Scottish and American sea-serpents
The "Dcedalus" sea-serpent
Recent sea-serpents
The legendary kraken
The cuttle-fish or sepia
The octopus
The calamary or squid
Giant cuttle-fishes