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Friend Badgley taking note of the tiriie to 

 know liow long a job we were in for, conclnded 

 to light ni) one of his choice Havanas and see if 

 he conld smoke him ont ; and Da\id was all pre- 

 Ijared to test the capacity of the landing-net. 



Allien the front "hitched on," several boats 

 were near at hand, and the occupants were de- 

 cidedly interested spectators, plying up and 

 down and about us, watching for the denouement. 



After thirty minutes sulking, the coveted den- 

 izen of the deep took another turn, and off a\ ent 

 more line, the reel buzzing away like a. bag full 

 of mosquitoes. 



And now for the last chapter. After repeated 

 runs and spasmodic jerks and shakes, the con- 

 quered warrior came ui) alongside like a lamb, 

 looking completely exhausted. He was now 

 easily run into the net, head first, lifted on board, 

 and laid out flat upon the seat of the boat. Mr. 

 B. referring to his watch pronounced the time 

 occupied in the captin-e to be just forty-nine 

 minutes ; less time could not have secured him. 

 He was indeed a magnificent fellow to look at, 

 richly speckled, with colors as beautiful as the 

 rainbow. 



