THE BOOK OF THE TARPON 



tunity offered. The hammerhead is the most 

 powerful shark of its size and as Joe's captive 

 was fourteen and one half feet long, the boy was 

 as tired as his adversary when at last the broad 

 nose of this strangely formed fish swung clear of 

 the surface. Then Joe looped a strong line 

 around the three-foot nose and hooked it to the 

 throat halliards of the boat. When we reached 

 the Irene the head of the hammerhead had been 

 hoisted to the bulwarks and Joe was hammering 

 it vigorously with an axe. 



"A pretty full day, Captain," said I as I re- 

 called our zigzagging of the morning, the deer 

 and the dolphin, the bear, the tarpon, the birds, 

 the sawfish, and shark. 



"A whole zoo," commented the Camera-man. 



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