Giant Fish of Florida 



jaw, and its own weight must have stretched it by at least 

 three inches. He is not, however, content with measuring it 

 with the mouth open ; he must needs add another four inches 

 " for luck." This is only a fair example of the manufacture of 

 long and heavy fish, and a little study of such cases will go far 

 to explain not merely the extraordinary shrinkage in the hands 

 of the taxidermist, but also the otherwise incomprehensible 

 fact of some sportsmen getting so large a percentage of the 

 heavy fish, while others score only the average. 



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