Giant Fish of Florida 
jaw, and its own weight must have stretched it by at least 
three inches. He is not, however, content with measuring it 
with the mouth open; he must needs add another four inches 
“for luck.” This is only a fair example of the manufacture of 
long and heavy fish, and a little study of such cases will go far 
to explain not merely the extraordinary shrinkage in the hands 
of the taxidermist, but also the otherwise incomprehensible 
fact of some sportsmen getting so large a percentage of the 
heavy fish, while others score only the average. 
