Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . sjjrit dips from the swell. Straight to the markspeeds the hea^y shaft, impelled by the powerful thrust,striking just under the dorsal fin. A fleeting glimpse ofbright bronze flashing on the opposite side shows the dartdriven through by the power of the stroke, and for the frac-tion of a second the stricken fish lies motionless, to be offinstantly in a terrific rush, rounding into the depths like theface of a great wheel, graceful even in his extremity. Awaygoes the pole to the extent of the bib-line attached to thebutt, which checks it with a mighty jerk, twitching
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . sjjrit dips from the swell. Straight to the markspeeds the hea^y shaft, impelled by the powerful thrust,striking just under the dorsal fin. A fleeting glimpse ofbright bronze flashing on the opposite side shows the dartdriven through by the power of the stroke, and for the frac-tion of a second the stricken fish lies motionless, to be offinstantly in a terrific rush, rounding into the depths like theface of a great wheel, graceful even in his extremity. Awaygoes the pole to the extent of the bib-line attached to thebutt, which checks it with a mighty jerk, twitching it out ofthe fish but leaving the loose head embedded. All right,good iron in that one, sings out the skipper, retrieving hispole, while the omnipresent steward puts a stiff strain on theline which leaps over the rail from the neat hundred fathomcoil, causing the fish to sound deeply and clear the churningscrew. Already a spare hand has come from aloft and astlie last flake of warp goes overboard attached to its bright 213. The warp was shifted to drag over the gunwale. red keg, he drops off in one of tlie dories trailing astern totend the fish. Intent on seeuring photographs of the process of tendingand of tlie fish when })rought alongside, I scrambled intothe dory also. Jimmy soon caught up with the keg, as thesag in 600 feet of line renders rapid progress by the fishimpossible, and henceforth it became a question of mainstrength. The line was placed over a roller to assist in haul-ing, whereas, when the fish was gaining, the warp was shiftedto drag over the gunwale and snubbed around a the fight went on, at times one and then the other inthe ascendency. In the glare of the August day, this wasa mans work. Although this fish was a small one of lessthan pounds, he stayed down with a stubbornness andstrength unbelievable, and while we had him well up on sev-eral occasions, he hung as if a dead weight directly under thedory. The chafe on the gunwale had part
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