ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
The Great Colored Rollers of the Pacific Frontispiece
Tarpon Throwing Hook Facing p. 2
Leaping Tarpon “ 3
Savalo, or Silver King “ 4
These Wild Fowl Have the Wonderful Beauty and Speed of Falcons “ 5
Rabihorcado “ 12
The Boobies Had No Fear of Man, but Both Young and Old Would Pick with Their Sharp Bills “ 13
Young Boobies “ 14
Suggestive of a Wild, Wind-swept Island of the Sea “ 15
Nests Everywhere in the Sand and Moss “ 16
These Huge Black Rabihorcados Were the Largest Species of Frigate or Man-of-war Bird “ 17
Rabihorcado Rising from Their Eggs “ 20
Boobies of Isla de la Muerte in the Caribbean Sea “ 21
A Swordfish Leaping off the Bold Black Shore of Clemente “ 28
On the Rampage “ 29
Swordfish on the Surface “ 32
Holding Hard “ 33
A Clean Greyhound Leap “ 36
316-pound Swordfish “ 37
The Wild oats Slope of Clemente “ 44
Where the Deep-blue Swell Booms Against the Lava Wall of Clemente Island “ 45
Four Marlin Swordfish in One Day “ 68
A Big Sailfish Breaking Water “ 69
Four Sailfish in One Day on Light Tackle “ 76
Sailfish Threshing on the Surface “ 77
Memorable of Long Key “ 84
Leaping Sailfish “ 85
Solitude on the Sea “ 92
Sunset by the Sea “ 93
Twin Tigers of the Sea—the Savage Barracuda “ 98
Happy Pastime of Bonefishing “ 99
The Gamest Fish That Swims “ 110
A Waahoo “ 111
At Long Key, the Lonely Coral Shore Where the Sun Shines White All Day and the Stars Shine White All Night “ 144
The Famous Stunt of a Marlin Swordfish, “Walking on His Tail” “ 145
Surging in a Half-circle “ 148
Broadbill Swordfish on the Surface—the Most Thrilling Sight to a Sea Angler “ 149
Shining in the Sunlight “ 156
Throwing White Water Like the Explosion of a Torpedo “ 157
A Long, Slim Sailfish Wiggling in the Air “ 160
Fighting a Broadbill Swordfish “ 161
The Only Photograph Ever Taken of Leaping Broadbill Swordfish “ 180
Xiphias Gladius, the Broadsworded Gladiator of the Sea “ 181
A Straightaway Greyhound Leap, Marvelous for Its Speed and Wildness “ 188
Like a Leaping Specter “ 189
Walking on His Tail “ 192
A Magnificent Flashing Leap. This Perfect Picture Considered by Author to Be Worth His Five Years’ Labor and Patience “ 193
Tired Out—the Last Slow Heave “ 196
Hauled Aboard with Block and Tackle “ 197
R. C. On the Job “ 204
304 Pounds “ 205
R. C. Grey and Record Marlin “ 205
328-pound Record Marlin by R. C. Grey. Shapeliest and Most Beautiful Specimen Ever Taken “ 208
Sunset Over Clemente Channel “ 209
A Blue-finned Plugger of the Deep—138-pound Tuna “ 244
Avalon, the Beautiful “ 245
The Old Avalon Barge Where the Gulls Fish and Scream “ 252
The End of the Day off Catalina Island “ 253
Seal Rocks “ 264