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weighed over 200 Ibs. I fear this sounds very 

 much like fisherman's weight. What other won- 

 derful stories of the monsters of lake and river I 

 might not have heard, I cannot tell, for here the 

 steamer was made fast to the Kertch jetty, and 

 amongst the hearty congratulations of half a dozen 

 friends, my second tour in the Caucasus came to a 

 happy end. 



