ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Great Colored RouIiErs of the Pacotc . . . 



Tarpon Throwing Hooe 



Leaping Tarpon 



SAVAiiO, OR Silver King 



These Wild Fowl Have the Wonderful Beauty and 



Speed of Falcons 



Babihohcaso , 



The Boobies Had No Fear of Man, but Both Young 



AND Old Would Pick with Their Sharp Bills . 



Young Boobies 



Suggestive of a Wild, Wind-swept Island of the Sea 

 Nests Everywhere in the Sand and Mobs .... 

 These Huge Black Rabihorcados Were the Largest 



Species of Frigate or Man-of-war Bird . . . 



Rabihorcado Rising from Their Eggs 



Boobies op Isla de la Muerte in the Caribbean Sea 

 A SwoRDFiSH Leaping off the Bold Black Shore of 



Clementb 



On the Rampage 



swordfish on the surface 



Holding Hard 



A Clean Greyhound Leap 



316-pound swordfish 



The Wild-oats Slope op Clemente 



Where the Deep-blue Swell Booms Against the Lava 



Wall op Clemente Island 



Four Marlin Swordfish in One Day 



A Big Sailfish Breaking Water 



Four Sailfish in One Day on Light Tackle . . . 



Sailfish Threshing on the Surface 



Memorable of Long Key 



Leiapino Sailfish 



Solitude on the Sea 



Sunset bt the Sea 



Twin Tigers op the Sea — the Savage Barracuda . . 



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