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TALES of FISHES

Zane Grey

President of the Long Key Fishing Club Honorary Vice-President of the Tuna Club, Avalon

Author of "The U. P. Trail" "The Desert of Wheat" Etc.

Illustrated from Photographs by the author

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS New York and London

TALES OF FISHES

Copyright 1919, by Harper & Brothers

Printed in the United States of America

Published June, 1919

CONTENTS

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I. BYME-BY-TARPON 1

II. THE ISLAND OF THE DEAD 8

III. THE ROYAL PURPLE GAME OF THE SEA 26

IV. TWO FIGHTS WITH SWORDFISH 54

V. SAILFISH 72

VI. GULF STREAM FISHING 88

VII. BONEFISH 107

VIII. SOME RARE FISH 136

IX. SWORDFISH 153

X. THE GLADIATOR OF THE SEA 180

XI. SEVEN MARLIN SWORDFISH IN ONE DAY 197

XII. RANDOM NOTES 216

XIII. BIG TUNA 221

XIV. AVALON, THE BEAUTIFUL 250