. 



Trailing the Sea-Bat 



ways, since the launch could pull no more than the 

 great weight which it had at its stern. 



When the shore was reached the island people and 

 all the guests of the hotel flocked to the beach to 

 see it. Thirty or forty boys and men tugged at 

 ropes to get it through the shallow water to where 

 it could be photographed and examined. Here it 

 was raised by block and tackle and pictures taken. 

 It was then lowered and Dr. Wooten, of Austin, Dr. 

 Dickey, of Dallas, Dr. Greenwood, of San Antonio, 

 Dr. Ahlers, of Sherman, and Dr. Cleary, of Califor- 

 nia, engaged in a post-mortem examination. 



Captain E. H. Tomlinson, of Florida, previously 

 mentioned, has probably had more remarkable 

 experiences with devil-fishes than any one in America. 

 He has built a non-capsizable catamaran from which 

 he harpoons them. The following account of his 

 most recent catch I take in part from a St. Peters- 

 burg (Florida) paper: 



BIG DEVIL-FISH. 



Deep Sea Monster Harpooned off Egmont Key and 

 Towed to City. 



Hundreds of people were on the streets in a steady 

 stream for several hours Wednesday afternoon, the 

 occasion being the bringing into port of a monster 

 devil-fish sighted and harpooned near Egmont Key 

 by Captain E. H. Tomlinson on Wednesday morning. 



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