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These are the rats dug out and killed by a Vibert Airedale Terrier in less than two houi3 
FISHING FOR 
DEVIL-FISH 
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charges of the big fish of the sea, Mr. 
Phelan has accumulated much experi- 
ence in the sport. From whale fisher- 
men in the northern seas he has secured 
a remarkable collection of harpoons and 
lances and other accessories of the 
game. These he keeps at 'a lodge he 
has established at Coden which he pro- 
poses will be the home of the new club. 
Mr. Phelan reached Coden several 
weeks ago for ten days of his favorite 
sport. Securing the services of Cap- 
tain John Graham and his power boat 
Gertrude K., the Tennessee sportsman 
set out from Coden Thursday morning 
with John Rolston, Mrs. John Rolston 
and George Richards as his guests for 
the hunting grounds. 
While passing through Petit Bois 
Pass the outlook saw a large devil-fish 
on the surface of the water feeding. 
The launch was headed for the fish and 
the motor stopped. Harpoons were un- 
slung as the boat’s headway carried 
it toward the big fish. When within 
thirty feet of the game Mr. Phelan 
hurled his harpoon. As it struck and 
buried deep in the fish the boat was 
covered with water and the hunters 
drenched with spray as the devil-fish 
threshed about on top of the water. 
The harpoon cable was made fast to 
a cleat on the bow and the launch was 
towed rapidly through the water for 
nearly a mile. When the fish stopped 
for a moment John Rolston and George 
Richards went over the side into a skiff 
and, in the small boat, drew up along- 
side the fish near enough to throw an- 
other harpoon into its back. The devil- 
fish made off again towing both boats 
for several hundred yards. 
For four hours the fight lasted, the 
fish diving, charging and counter charg- 
ing. Once it nearly overturned the 
small boat, coming up almost under it 
after a dive. The arms or tentacles of 
the devil-fish reached for the sides of 
the skiff but Mr. Rolston skillfully 
manceuvered the boat and evaded the 
giant fish. While the thoroughly en- 
snared and bewildered fish whirled and 
thrashed about, Captain Graham 
brought the launch close enough for 
Mr. Phelan to throw a heavy steel lance 
into the head of the brute, killing it 
almost instantly. 
The devil-fish was towed back into 
shallow 7 water at Coden where it was 
photographed. From tip to tip it meas- 
ured twenty feet and its weight was 
estimated to be two thousand pounds. 
Twenty-five people hauled the fish on 
shore where hundreds viewed the kill. 
James J. Alvarez. 
LATE WILSON’S SNIPE 
M R. ROLFE FLOYD, JR., reports 
several Wilson’s Snipe on the bay 
marsh at Mastic, Long Island, De- 
cember 18, 1920. Occurring out on the 
open marsh, it seems more likely that 
they were stragglers from the south- 
ward migration, than that they should 
have wintered in the locality. 
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