Notes and Queries 
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“Casey” went to the bat. 
I got the fire-arms, which consisted of two 
thirty-two calibre revolvers. The other line 
was fastened, and every one was on the tip- 
toe of expectation with all eyes upon the line 
that was running out. 
“Wait till he starts to run away with it, 
then pull for all you're worth,” said the skip- 
per. 
Presently the line began running out at a 
lively rate. 
‘Now give it to him and get him fastened 
on your hook,” said the skipper. 
A long hard pull was given on the line, 
which met considerable resistance, and the 
fight was on. The three men hauled away 
on the rope, occasionally letting it slip as the 
shark made a dart away from the boat. Their 
efforts were followed in a few moments by the 
swift dart of a monster shark. The revolver 
was discharged, and in an instant the body 
was out of sight. 
‘«We've got a whale!” ‘“He’sagood one!” 
‘He's a terror!’’ were some of the exclama- 
tions upon first sight of our trophy. 
‘The men hauled away and the next time he 
came up nearer, and two or three shots were 
had at him, but the revolver seemed a toy, 
and I never heard it make such faint reports 
in all my life. The next time we had a better 
sight of his wicked looking head. His small 
eyes, pointed nose, projecting over a mouth 
filled with a dangerous looking mass of teeth, 
did not improve his appearance upon closer 
acquaintance. 
A little more hauling brought him alongside, 
and a number of blows with the bat across 
the nose brought him into subjection, while I 
tried to make up in quantity with my revolver 
what I lacked in precision, and the great gray 
monster was finally dispatched. It was then 
only that his cavernous mouth was shown. 
Three rows of teeth were in both upper and 
lower jaws, unlike the white shark, which has 
six rows of teeth in the upper jaw and four in 
the lower. This one could have swallowed a 
medium-sized sheep. The hide was gray on 
the back and tail, and white underneath 
and feels, when rubbed the wrong way, 
like sandpaper; it has no scales, and we 
are told that joiners use this rough skin for 
polishing fine-grained wood, and for covering 
the hilts of swords to make them firmer in the 
grasp. 
It required the combined strength of five 
265 
men to haul our prey up on the side of the 
boat, and he measured twelve feetlong. Two 
others, somewhat smaller, were hauled in dur- 
ing the next hour, and we returned in the 
afternoon after deciding that the sport was as 
fine as any we had ever enjoyed. 
Mrs El. 1B.) Et: 
For Courtesies Received. 
We desire to return our thanks to the follow- 
ing named gentlemen, for courtesies received 
during our late visit to Lake Geneva, to paint 
the cisco of that beautiful water: 
To Mr. John E. Burton, A. S. Alfred and 
Mr. Cawthorne for their personal untiring at- 
tention and efforts, through which we were 
enabled to get fine specimens of the cisco and 
large-mouthed black bass. 
To Captain Wesley N. Johnson, who kindly 
furnished the use of his steam yacht, ‘‘ De- 
spatch,” for an excursion on the lake. 
To Mr. Eph. Sanford, the proprietor of the 
fishing boat line, who placed his steamer, 
‘« Wilbur F. Junior,” at our disposal, on which 
we were able to visit at will the best cisco 
grounds, 
To Mr. Will. Bullock for the excellent pho- 
tographs used in illustrating views at Lake 
Geneva in this issue of our magazine. 
To the mayor of the city and citizens gener- 
ally for the courtesy of their reception and 
uniform kindness, during our stay at Lake 
Geneva. 

Excellent Black Bass Fishing. 
For your information in answering inquiries 
concerning good bass fishing: grounds, I give 
below scores made in the vicinity of Eagle 
river, Wis., by Mr. Walter Stager, of Ster- 
ling, Ill.: July 20, in Loon lake, 69 black bass ; 
July 22, in Franklin lake, 50 black bass; July 
23, in Franklin lake, 50 black bass; July 24, in 
Loon lake, 132 black bass. 
W. B. KNISKERN, 
G, P. and T. A., C. & N. W. Ry. Co. 
Curcaco, Ill. 
The Only Outing This Season. 
In a letter just received from ‘‘ ye editor of 
ye ANGLER,” that gentleman makes bold to ad- 
dress me as ‘‘Old fellow,’’ and chides me for 
my long, long silence. Therefore I hasten to 
reply in an open letter, in a measure, to par- 
tially repudiate the charge, and also to show 
