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prey of man * These are big game with a 
vengeance, and hardly to be recommended to 
any but the stalwart. And luckily they do not 
live in the Parana. Even the manguruzu, big 
as he is, does not feed on human beings. But 
in spite of his size he possesses no sporting 
value. 
There is another fish called the surubi, of 
which better accounts are given. He is reputed 
to reach sixty kilos, or one hundred and thirty- 
four pounds. I cannot speak from experience : 
but a friend of mine, a great fisherman, had one 
on for five hours and was then broken. He 
could do nothing with it: it just swam about 
when it liked, and stopped when it liked. It 
was hooked on ledger tackle with a good-sized 
dead fish as bait. 
The salmon, so-called, is a pretty roach-like 
creature, very common, and would give good 
sport on a trout rod. I believe it grows to a 
considerable size, but I never saw one over two 
pounds or so. They go about in shoals. And 
there are others we caught, such as the delicate 
silvery boga, and a sort of pike called the 
tararira, and many more. The small streams 
which eventually find their way into the 
Uruguay swarm with fish, and no doubt the 
same is true of the tributaries of the Parana. 
* Through the Brazilian Wilderness. By Theodore 
Roosevelt. 1914. 
