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The largest of all the atoll, fish is the Ihan parch, or " devil- 

 fish " (Biccrobaiis ercgoodoo), and it is to a certain extent a useful 

 fish, for a quantity of oil can be prepared from its liver, and 



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A Baracouta taken on a Trolling Line in 

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its skin makes excellent sand-paper. The Pareh is the royal 

 game of the islands, and the spearing of one which measured 

 13 feet across was the most exciting fishing expedition that I 

 have been privileged to take part in. The Pareh is a curious fish, 

 which comes to the lagoon only at certain times of the year, 

 and generally on a rising evening tide. At such times I have 

 seen as many as twenty in the sail between Pulu Tikus and Pulu 



