THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 65 



The strange monster was on exhibition recently in all 

 the leading cities approachable by the yacht, on board 

 which the monster was taken from place to place. The 

 following is the newspaper account of it published at the 

 time it was being shown in the principal lake, river, and 

 coastal cities: 



"What is declared by scientists to be the largest fish 

 known in history or ever captured in the history of the 

 world, will be on exhibition in this city on board the yacht 

 Tamiami. It is so big, in fact, it could have swallowed 

 twenty Jonahs without suffering the slightest pangs of in- 

 digestion. 



"Of course it is harmless now% but before it suc- 

 cumbed to the effects of five harpoon thrusts and 151 

 good-sized bullets in a battle which lasted thirty-nine 

 hours its animal instincts were so fierce that a blackfish 

 weighing 1,500 pounds, an octopus weighing 400 pounds 

 and 500 pounds of coral only served it as an appetizer of 

 the mildest sort. 



"This is a big fish story, but it is a true one, and is 

 vouched for in every detail by the highest scientific au- 

 thorities. 



"The strange and mysterious monster, which, as 

 stated above, will be on exhibition in this city, on board 

 the yacht Tamiami, anchored at river front, foot of Vinfe 

 Street, from 9 a. m. to 10:30 p. m., is 45 feet in length and 

 measures 23 feet, 9 inches in circumference. It weighed 

 when captured 15 tons, or 30,000 pounds, and its liver 

 alone weighed 1,700 pounds. 



i Think of harpooning such a monster as this and be- 

 ing dragged through the water at express train speed for 

 hundreds of miles over the ocean for two days and nights 

 before the game was up and the capture safely landed. 

 Think of catching a fish with a mouth big enough to hold 

 three men of ordinary size and of such strange and pe- 

 culiar shape that men of science stood astounded. Sounds 



