72 CHANNEL ISLANDS OF CALIFORNLi 



gaff. This fish was an extraordinary fighter, dashing 

 this way and that, hurhng itself along the water; now 

 plunging deep into the blue channel to the bottom, 

 then coming up like an arrow from the bow, to dash 

 in at the boat and circle it, performing a thousand 

 tricks to demoralize the angler and wear her out; but 

 all without avail. 



