﻿CERTAIN 
  CITIZENS 
  OF 
  THE 
  WARM 
  SEA 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  Miami 
  Aquarium 
  

  

  A 
  16-POUND 
  MUTTON 
  PISH 
  BITTEN 
  IN 
  TWO 
  BY 
  A 
  LARGER 
  PISH 
  

  

  Landing 
  half 
  a 
  fish 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  rare 
  experience 
  for 
  sportsmen 
  at 
  Miami, 
  Florida, 
  for 
  the 
  

   hungry 
  barracuda 
  is 
  sometimes 
  quicker 
  than 
  the 
  man 
  with 
  the 
  line. 
  The 
  mutton 
  fish 
  was 
  

   seized 
  and 
  contended 
  for 
  while 
  being 
  hauled 
  into 
  the 
  boat. 
  

  

  in 
  Miami 
  waters. 
  After 
  his 
  strenuous 
  

   campaign 
  and 
  before 
  assuming 
  his 
  mani- 
  

   fold 
  duties, 
  President 
  Harding 
  matched 
  

   his 
  skill 
  with 
  much 
  success 
  against 
  the 
  

   huge 
  game 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream. 
  

   Caught 
  with 
  light 
  tackle, 
  such 
  gamesters 
  

   require 
  considerable 
  skill 
  in 
  the 
  landing, 
  

   being 
  very 
  strong 
  and 
  of 
  supreme 
  cour- 
  

   age. 
  The 
  tarpon 
  and 
  sailfish 
  when 
  hooked 
  

   leap 
  repeatedly 
  many 
  feet 
  into 
  the 
  air 
  in 
  

   their 
  efforts 
  to 
  free 
  themselves 
  from 
  the 
  

   hook 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  frequently 
  successful 
  in 
  

   such 
  ring 
  generalship 
  (see 
  pp. 
  28, 
  29, 
  30). 
  

  

  The 
  sailfish 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  good 
  sporting 
  

   fish, 
  but 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  considerable 
  food 
  value 
  

   as 
  well. 
  This 
  remarkably 
  swift 
  oceanic 
  

   citizen 
  is 
  of 
  unusual 
  shape 
  ; 
  its 
  large, 
  sail- 
  

   like 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  and 
  its 
  rapier-like 
  spear 
  

   make 
  it 
  a 
  curiosity 
  much 
  sought 
  after 
  by 
  

   the 
  angler. 
  

  

  Little 
  is 
  definitely 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  large 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  un- 
  

   usual 
  to 
  see 
  it 
  "hoisted" 
  on 
  the 
  still 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  tropics 
  in 
  the 
  fish's 
  surface 
  dashes 
  

   after 
  prey. 
  Its 
  likeness 
  to 
  a 
  boat's 
  sail 
  

   led 
  inevitably 
  to 
  the 
  fish 
  being 
  dubbed 
  by 
  

   its 
  common 
  name. 
  

  

  The 
  marlin 
  fish, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  close 
  rela- 
  

   tive 
  of 
  the 
  sailfish 
  and 
  built 
  very 
  much 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  lines, 
  has 
  the 
  sharp, 
  protruding 
  

   snout, 
  but 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  is 
  much 
  smaller. 
  

   It 
  is 
  purely 
  a 
  pelagic 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  food-fish. 
  The 
  marlin 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  the 
  sailfish, 
  nor 
  does 
  it 
  grow 
  

   to 
  be 
  as 
  large 
  in 
  Florida 
  waters, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  gamier, 
  and, 
  like 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fighting 
  

   fishes 
  of 
  southern 
  localities, 
  has 
  a 
  pen- 
  

   chant 
  for 
  leaping 
  clear 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  its 
  

   struggles 
  for 
  freedom 
  (Color 
  Plate 
  XV). 
  

  

  THE 
  DOLPHIN 
  OP 
  THE 
  MARINER 
  NOT 
  THE 
  

   PISH 
  OP 
  THE; 
  ANCIENTS 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  game 
  fishes 
  the 
  dolphin 
  must 
  be 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  rank. 
  Much 
  has 
  

   been 
  told 
  of 
  this 
  wonderful 
  species, 
  and 
  

   to 
  the 
  speed-loving 
  American 
  it 
  is 
  looked 
  

   upon 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  of 
  fishes, 
  for 
  

   there 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  other 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  

   deep 
  which 
  travels 
  so 
  swiftly. 
  It 
  spends 
  

   its 
  entire 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  seas. 
  While 
  

   idling, 
  its 
  movements 
  are 
  sluggish, 
  but 
  

   when 
  in 
  quest 
  of 
  its 
  prey 
  it 
  moves 
  with 
  

   incredible 
  rapidity, 
  and 
  to 
  one 
  observing 
  

   its 
  movements 
  it 
  appears 
  like 
  nothing 
  so 
  

  

  