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lure to the accompaniment of many imprecations „ finally 
found his line whizzing through his reel and a leaping sail-fish 
on the business end*, To his utter disgust, his "big-one" 
departed for parts unknown when his tackle failed after a fifteen 
minute combat. 
How the wordy-war raged at the dinner table over the 
question as to whether a "dehydrated" shark weighing 120 pounds , 
was, in effect, a bigger "fish" than a sail-fish {also claiming 
dehydration) of 150 pounds l At this writing the question has not 
been s ettled! And momentous results Iking e on the decision, 
for the prize for the largest fish of the cruise, is involved. 
Many gibes were directed at Pa for his "modest" declamations 
re his skill with rod and reel. His day* s catch and the compla- 
cence which followed brought its own "reward", for the President 
directed that Pa compose the press release for the following 
day as "guest -writer". At midnight Pa was still tearing up 
reams of paper in an effort to indite the first paragraph. In 
despair he finally dashed off one short article casting aspersions 
on the rod -end-reel ability of his messmates, and lauding his 
own to the skies I 
