THE DEVIL-FISH 



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quering it. In a volume entitled ''Carolina Sports," the 

 Hon. William Elliott has drawn this picture: "Imagine a 

 monster many feet across the back, having powerful flaps or 

 wings with which he drives himself furiously through the 



THE DEVIL-FISH. 



water, or vaults high in the air, his horns projecting several 

 feet beyond his mouth!" 



A Devil-Fish leaping out of water — as we know a Devil- 

 Fish can do — would look as Mr. J. Carter Beard has repre- 

 sented it in his illustration. 



Dr. C. S. Olds, of Marco, Florida, once was almost over- 

 whelmed by a Devil-Fish 7 feet in width that leaped out of 

 the water ahead of his motor-boat and crashed full upon the 

 awning of his craft, with smashing force. 



