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although there are a great many fishes probably 

 two hundred species which take the hook and 

 might come under that head. There are several 

 large species of Caranx, but we are not sure 

 what any of them are." This latter genus in- 

 cludes the jacks or crevalle of our southern 

 waters, which undoubtedly would afford good 

 sport. An eastern angler, whose name I have 

 unfortunately mislaid, showed me a photograph 

 of a large fish which weighed at least one hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds, taken at one of the 

 Hawaiian Islands with rod and reel, which he 

 claimed was as gamy as the tuna. I recognized 

 in this fish a very rare and interesting species, one 

 specimen of which has been found at Santa Cata- 

 lina, which weighed about fifty pounds. Dr. 

 Charles H. Gilbert of Stanford University kindly 

 identified this latter specimen for me and wrote 

 regarding it : "I find now that it represents an 

 undoubted specimen of a form hitherto known 

 only from the Mediterranean and neighboring 

 waters (Luvarus imperialis). It is said to be 

 rare in its home waters, and is as yet unreported 

 from our Atlantic coast." 



This fish bore a striking resemblance to the 

 "jack," but was very large and powerful, and if 



