. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for boys and girls . i ONE OF ITS GREAT BATTLE-LIKE FINS BROKE ABOVETHE WATER FIGHTING A DEVIL-FISH 121 wings. THese wings were fluttering queerly,and from the action of the fish Mr. Choate saidhe was sure it was devouring prey which it hadjust killed. He now asked Paul if he wouldlike to try a cast. The boy assented his feet in the bottom of the motor-boathe took good aim and let his harpoon fly. Paul had hardly hoped to hit the devil-fish.!And probably he would not have done so, inex-experienced as he was with a harpoon, except forthe fact t
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for boys and girls . i ONE OF ITS GREAT BATTLE-LIKE FINS BROKE ABOVETHE WATER FIGHTING A DEVIL-FISH 121 wings. THese wings were fluttering queerly,and from the action of the fish Mr. Choate saidhe was sure it was devouring prey which it hadjust killed. He now asked Paul if he wouldlike to try a cast. The boy assented his feet in the bottom of the motor-boathe took good aim and let his harpoon fly. Paul had hardly hoped to hit the devil-fish.!And probably he would not have done so, inex-experienced as he was with a harpoon, except forthe fact that the creature was of unusual size andpresented a broad mark. As it chanced, the steelwent true. The devil-fish arose to the surfaceas though hurled upward by a submarine ex-plosion. One of its great battle-like fins brokeabove the water, sending gallons of spray overthe occupants of the boat, and splintering theharpoon staff against the boats side as if it hadbeen a match stem; then its ten-foot pectoralwing struck the water with a terrific impact,
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