Part 2

ILLUSTRATIONS

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