﻿CERTAIN 
  CITIZENS 
  OF 
  THE 
  WARM 
  SEA 
  

  

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  its 
  mouth. 
  Another 
  species, 
  the 
  Fieras- 
  

   ferer, 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  sea-pudding, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Holothurians, 
  or 
  sea-cucumbers. 
  

  

  The 
  sea-horse 
  and 
  the 
  pipefish 
  carry 
  

   their 
  eggs 
  in 
  external 
  caudal 
  pouches. 
  

   And 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  probably 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  other 
  ways 
  Nature 
  makes 
  provision 
  

   for 
  the 
  offsetting 
  of 
  the 
  constant 
  canni- 
  

   balistic 
  warfare 
  against 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  seas. 
  

  

  Into 
  the 
  battle 
  for 
  and 
  against 
  the 
  mul- 
  

   tiplication 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  steps 
  man, 
  

   who, 
  provided 
  with 
  human 
  mind 
  and 
  in- 
  

   tellect, 
  looks 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  for 
  food, 
  diver- 
  

   sion, 
  and 
  for 
  useful 
  products 
  of 
  benefit 
  to 
  

   his 
  kind. 
  Industries 
  have 
  been 
  built 
  up 
  

   which 
  take 
  countless 
  millions 
  of 
  fishes 
  

   yearly 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  other 
  commercial 
  

   uses. 
  

  

  the: 
  lure 
  oe 
  the 
  singing 
  line 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  one 
  except 
  

   the 
  biologist 
  who 
  appreciates 
  the 
  living 
  

   things 
  in 
  the 
  sea 
  more 
  than 
  do 
  sportsmen, 
  

   who 
  come 
  in 
  ever-increasing 
  numbers 
  to 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  for 
  a 
  try 
  at 
  their 
  

   health-giving, 
  out-of-doors 
  recreation. 
  

  

  The 
  big-game 
  hunter 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  when 
  

   coming 
  upon 
  a 
  bull 
  moose 
  standing 
  clear 
  

   of 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  providing 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   opportunity 
  for 
  a 
  shot, 
  will 
  sometimes 
  

   tremble 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  unable 
  to 
  pull 
  the 
  

   trigger. 
  So 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thrill 
  all 
  its 
  own 
  in 
  

   the 
  striking 
  of 
  the 
  tarpon, 
  sailfish, 
  or 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  game 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   Stream. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  truly 
  that 
  one 
  

   strike 
  invariably 
  means 
  a 
  convert. 
  

  

  Wary, 
  strong, 
  and 
  of 
  remarkable 
  game- 
  

   ness, 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  these 
  wonderful 
  fishes 
  

   try 
  the 
  strength, 
  skill, 
  and 
  endurance 
  of 
  

   even 
  the 
  best 
  and 
  most 
  experienced 
  

   angler 
  ; 
  and, 
  when 
  the 
  prize 
  is 
  finally 
  

   landed, 
  the 
  successful 
  one 
  feels 
  all 
  the 
  

   exultation 
  of 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  waged 
  a 
  mighty 
  

   battle 
  and 
  won. 
  

  

  THE 
  VALUE 
  OE 
  ADVERSITY 
  

  

  The 
  tarpon 
  in 
  Florida 
  waters, 
  like 
  the 
  

   tuna 
  or 
  tunny 
  in 
  southern 
  California 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  areas, 
  is 
  looked 
  upon 
  by 
  the 
  general 
  

   public 
  as 
  the 
  premier 
  among 
  game 
  fishes 
  

   and 
  occupies 
  a 
  highly 
  specialized 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  estimation 
  of 
  all 
  persons 
  of 
  either 
  sex 
  

   interested 
  in 
  this 
  sport. 
  The 
  "Silver 
  

   King," 
  as 
  the 
  tarpon 
  is 
  called, 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  earliest 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  fishes 
  for 
  which 
  

   sportsmen 
  angled. 
  Consequently 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  the 
  most 
  extensively 
  advertised 
  

  

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  Photograph 
  by 
  Van 
  Campen 
  Heilner 
  

  

  THE 
  SOUTHERN 
  PORPOISE, 
  SOMETIMES 
  

   ERRONEOUSLY 
  CALLED 
  DOLPHIN 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  flats 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Florida 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  favorite 
  feeding 
  grounds 
  of 
  this 
  swift 
  

   and 
  graceful 
  fish. 
  When 
  harpooned 
  it 
  puts 
  up 
  

   a 
  long 
  and 
  thrilling 
  battle. 
  

  

  