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tarpon towing astern. Arrived at the yacht the fish is 

 triced up. 



No one eats tarpon, and the series of photographs, here 

 The Dead reproduced, of the catching of a tarpon will indi- 



arpon. ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^j disposal of the game to obtain which 

 so much trouble is taken. The yacht has arrived in port, the 



"TAKING OFF THE SCALES." 



tarpon is landed, and the coloured man in the foreground is 

 in the act of taking off the scales. The fish is weighed and 

 measured, and entry made of the size and circumstances. The 

 operation of removing the • scales is done by the guide. This 

 does not concern the angler much, and as a matter of passing 



