200 
shark, fish and all for $1,000. It is the first 
dolphin, I guess, caught on rod and reel with 
these other accompaniments.”’ 
Mr. Ingham also sends us an interesting, 
but brief monograph of the dolphin by Pro- 
fessor C. C. Nutting, of the lowa State Univer- 
sity, who states: 
‘The far-famed colors of the dolphin are 
not exaggerated. Indeed, they could not be, 
so vivid and exquisite are they. One speci- 
men was a monster of its kind, being four feet 
long and having the frontal prominence greatly 
developed—so much so that the eye appeared 
to be in about the middle of the head. A 
broad band running from the forehead nearly 
to the tail was a real glittering gold, just as 
true a gilt as could be made by laying on good 
leaf. This is the largest surface covered with 
this rare metallic color that I have seen in 
nature. The dorsal fin was a rich blue, the 
under surface was white, dotted with small, 
regularly distributed ‘polka ‘ots’ of blue. 
Yellow, red and green also entered into the 
coloration of this gorgeous creature. ‘The 
changing of hues, while dying, consisted in 
flushes of color passing rather slowly from 
one toanother. It did not seem, however, to 
be so brilliant at any time while dying, as it 
was immediately upon coming out of the 
water. In afew minutes all the richness of 
color was gone forever, and nothing remained 
but a very ordinary fish. A good cast of this 
creature, made after the modern method and 
colored correctly, would be a most attractive 
object for a museum, although most of the 
visitors would doubtless consider it highly un- 
natural and impossible, a criticism often made 
by the ignorant in the presence of faithful re- 
productions of natural objects.” 
Since the above was in press, we have heard 
from Mr. Ingham, and he sends some in- 
teresting and additional notes of hisexperience 
among the kingfish. 
The troll for kingfish mostly used is the 
bone and metal squid on a hand-line, with 
about 150 feet of line out. It needs a brisk 
wind to give the troll a quick motion, which 
serves to attract their attention best. In tak- 
ing the line they usually bound into the air 
some six or eight feet high, and if they could 
be played with rod or reel, would make one of 
the best fighters of the sea. They undoubt- 
edly belong to the mackerel family, and the 
ones I saw would range in weight from five to 
thirty, possibly thirty-five pounds. 
Notes and Quertes 
A party of three from Chicago took in one 
day, on hand-lines, 133 fish, weighing in the 
aggregate between 2,300 and 2,400, and 
when seeing them standing on the schooner 
for a picture, with the rails and every available 
space of the boat covered with fish, I failed 
to see where tne sport could possible be while 
any amount of hard work was brisk in all di- 
rections. 
As the fish were thrown upon the dock for 
whoever might want them, and as most of 
them were taken for fertilizing purposes, I 
then and there promised myself never to be 
one of a hand-line party for kingfishing. We 
used our tarpon rods, reels and lines; as the 
boats were moving fast, the only way to get 
them was to reel them in at once without any 
play whatever. This is an improvement on 
the hand-line, but does not afford the full 
pleasure that it would, could the fish be played. 
They are caught outside from one-half to two 
miles from shore. We used in trolling a tar- 
pon snood with an 11-0 hook, and there tied 
six strips of white and red cloth, about seven 
inches long, on the snood so that they were 
about one and one-half inches from the point 
of the hook, which worked well? The snood 
was wired for about one foot to prevent their 
cutting it, as they have vicious teeth for that 
purpose or for anything else. The dolphin has 
a very small mouth, compared withits head, 
and as [have the one caught outlined fully, 
will inclose a copy of the head, showing 
mouth, etc., which may be of interest to you. 
The kingfish and dolphin are never caught 
inside, so say the old timers. I think the 
hook I used, 11-0, was too large; about 3 or 4-o 
would be preferable. I had some six or eight 
strikes before hooking one, and then he shook 
himself loose, all of which occurred inside of 
two or three minutes, and then the dolphin took 
the line, the hook fastening to the lip. Our cap- 
tain told me he only knew of one dolphin being 
caught for the past year, and that one ona 
hand-line while kingfishing. As’soon as he 
saw we had a dolphin he stopped the boat as 
quick as possible, when we had some fine sport. 
I wish your artist could paint a dolphin alive 
and dying. His fortune would be made. 

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