SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



striking, for the fish needs time in which 

 to decide whether the morsel presented is 

 really to its taste and, if so, may hold it in 

 its heak for a time before the hook is in a 

 position where it will hold when driven 

 home. 



Considering their weight the hooked sail- 

 fish fight hard. They jump many times, 

 stand on their tails and perform other un- 

 expected gymnastic feats, but as they tire, 

 their sail-like dorsal fin seems to hamper 

 their action. 



As a game fish it has not long been known. 

 The first was taken on a rod about twelve 

 years ago. Twenty-five sailfish in a day is 

 the record at Palm Beach for an exceptional 

 day's sport enjoyed by the members of the 

 Sailfish Club, and the record fish measured 

 a trifle over eight feet in length. 



The following fish story is from the Paris 

 Figaro : 



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