SOME HARBOUR FISHES 



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were too plentiful in the former, and we caught a 

 few of the brutes, one of whom had recently 

 devoured a Somali boy as he was diving for coins 

 alongside the ship. 



In the Suez Canal some silvery fish resembling 

 salmon-trout had been purchased from the Arabs 



SPEAKING SWORD-FISH. 



by the steward, and served up at table. The 

 Arabs declared they had been caught in the Bitter 

 Lakes, but they had most likely been netted in 

 the fresh-water canal. 



At Port Said I was ashore the whole time, and 

 had no opportunity of fishing, but my angling 

 friends in the steerage told me they had caught 



