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among the reefs which border the islands 
on all sides. The water is so clean and 
clear, due to the coral formations, that 
one can see for a depth of forty to sixty 
i feet, an important advantage when a 
large fighting fish has been brought in 
almost to the boat. 
Fishing parties occasionally go in 
motor boats or small steamers, but the 
popular practice is to hire a sloop or 
whaleboat with a native pilot, and take 
lunch and make a day of it. The boat 
and pilot will cost eight or ten dollars 
for the day and will serve a moderate¬ 
sized party most satisfactorily. The best 
boats are equipped with a well for pre¬ 
serving the day’s catch. Hand lines are 
used almost exclusively, and at times it 
is necessary to pay out as much as fifty 
fathoms. Rod and reel are rarely seen. 
Some of the small and elusive sorts of 
fish are taken in “pots” or cages, and in 
nets, but our tourist angler will find that 
his hand line of say 24-strand will not 
only keep his hands full but will at times 
just about take the skin off of them if 
they are not inured to tussling with the 
“fightinest” fish. 
Live bait is used for the big fellows. 
Two popular varieties bear the pictur¬ 
esque names of Slippery Dick and Mud 
Belly. The native lobster is the best 
bait for hogfish and chub, and is a most 
toothsome dish itself, comparing more 
than favorably with the Maine variety. 
Besides the big fellows, there are 
smaller fish—see how many of these 
names you recognize: breams, grunts, 
angel fish, groupers, silk snappers, gray 
and red snappers, cavello, sailor’s choice, 
bonito, gwelly, porgies, turbot, and three 
species that bear a curiously close re¬ 
semblance to their prototypes, the parrot, 
squirrel, and cow fish. The four-eyed 
and flying fish are also diverting spec¬ 
imens. 
Many of the species of fish found in 
Bermuda are beautifully colored and 
their habits are also worthy of study. 
The angel fish is clothed in iridescent 
scales of gold, green, and blue, and other 
fish are almost as gorgeous. Even those 
who do not care for fishing, will find 
pleasure in a trip to the Sea Gardens, 
five miles from Hamilton, the capital. 
Glass-bottomed boats are used, enabling 
visitors to see the numerous peculiar and 
bright-colored fish, and the sea-fans, 
anemones, brainstones, sea-eggs and 
puddings, and star and finger coral, as 
well as other curious plants, many of 
them swaying in the water as if moved 
by the wind. 
Another “close-up” of Bermuda fish 
may be obtained in the natural grottos 
near Harrington Sound, which are 
known as Devil’s Hole and Neptune s 
Grotto. Here are over two thousand 
fish, of about thirty species, among which 
the grouper predominates. This wide¬ 
mouthed, red-jawed fish is as hungry as 
a cub shark. It changes its mottled 
colors to black, in a flash. Mr. Hay¬ 
ward relates the story of a British army 
officer who scoffed at the ferocity 
claimed for the grouper. He threw his 
dog into the pool and in a few seconds 
the animal had been torn to pieces. 
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you’re just about all in—and then—just one brief moment 
—just one quick shot—that’s the time your rifle must 
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bullets with never a fear of flattened, lopsided noses. For 
the Savage rotary magazine supports the cartridge at 
the base and prevents battering from recoil. And—loaded 
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Owners and operators of the J. Stevens Arms Company. 
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