66 THE ANGLEB AND HUNTSMAN 



like a Jonah story, doesn't it? And for all one knows to 

 the contrary, it may be and unquestionably is the sequel 

 to that story in the Bible that for ages has proved the 

 stumbling block of men of science and made ministers of 

 every creed use their wit and ingenuity to logically ex- 

 plain the story of the big fish that swallowed the Hebrew 

 prophet some thousands of years ago." 



Captain Thompson Proves Story: 



It remains for Captain Charles H. Thompson, of Mi- 

 ami, Fla., to end the controversy, as to him belongs the 

 credit of capturing the monster that could have swallowed 

 Jonah with the greatest ease, had it been in the neighbor- 

 hood when the prophet fell overboard from the ship that 

 he was traveling on. 



Nobody is better known in the world of sports than 

 Captain Thompson. For years he has been and still is the 

 favored patron of the Vanderbilts, and Whitneys and 

 other millionaire sportsmen who frequent the lower east 

 coast and who invariably engage him to accompany them 

 on their trips through the Everglades and through, the 

 magic waters of the Florida Keys after big game fish, for 

 which this section is noted. 



Captain Thompson encountered this strange fish 

 while cruising off the lower Florida Keys in that stretch 

 of water that for more than a century was the scene of 

 countless thrilling adventures and romantic exploits alike 

 of Spanish explorers and bloodthirsty pirates. 



Long the home of romance and mystery, it seems only 

 natural that this strangest and most mysterious of mon- 

 sters should have been discovered lurking in these magical 

 waters. Capt. Thompson had captured many a wonderful 

 inhabitant of these teeming waters, ranging all the way 

 from predatory sharks to terrible devil fish, but nothing 

 so strange, so weird, so unaccountable as this extraordinary 



