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that no possible skill can wind in the 
slack. Several circus mule antics, dur- 
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determine 
cannot 
whether the hook is true to its barb or 
ing which you 
not, all the time his splendid form 
stealing every shade and color from 
wave and sun, a veritable royal fish 
clothed in purple and gold. My first 
capture scaled thirteen pounds and 
seven ounces and took nearly half an 
hour to get him alongside. From this 
it may be surmised one must be satis- 
fied with a few, as when the sun ap- 
proaches meridian power the feeding 
banks are deserted for deep water. 
Readers of THE ANGLER are too well 
acquainted with snapper fishing to wish 
for enlightenment, but this I will say: 
The most greedy of anglers all can fill 
the largest Fulton Market slab should 
the day be favorable. 
Before I close this paper, I must not 
forget to mention the gar fish or balla- 
hoo, which, to my mind, affords the most 
agreeable morning sport. Use a light 
ten foot split bamboo, with a casting 
line, accommodating three small white 
moths, and your hands are full, espec- 
ially should you hook three  to- 
gether, which is not unusual, but 
impossible to land. The fish, which 
bears a strong similitude to the sword- 
fish, needs no description further 
than that it runs from two ounces to 
eight ounces and rises readily, but is 
difficult of hooking, its mouth being 
small, tender and peculiarly situated. 
When brought to the cook they are ac- 
ceptable, forming, when curried, a very 
desirable breakfast dish, far more deli- 
cate than the far-famed barbadian 
flying fish. They can be caught 
quite readily from any pier or jetty, 
or, for that matter, from the beach 
itself. 
In my next I will describe a day 
with the kingfish and barracouta, with, 
as a ‘‘bonne bouche,” a run after a 
whale, should the fates prove propi- 
tious in the interim. 
