Tales of Fishes. Zane Grey

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СКАЧАТЬ 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

ZANE GREY

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      By W. Livingston Larned

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      Been to Avalon with Grey … been most everywhere;

       Chummed with him and fished with him in every Sportsman’s

       lair.

       Helped him with the white Sea-bass and Barracuda haul,

       Shared the Tuna’s sprayful sport and heard his Hunter-call,

       Me an’ Grey are fishin’ friends. … Pals of rod and reel,

       Whether it’s the sort that fights … or th’ humble eel,

       On and on, through Wonderland … winds a-blowin’ free,

       Catching all th’ fins that grow … Sportsman Grey an’ Me.

       Been to Florida with Zane … scouting down th’ coast;

       Whipped the deep for Tarpon, too, that natives love th’ most.

       Seen the smiling, Tropic isles that pass, in green review,

       Gathered cocoanut and moss where Southern skies were blue.

       Seen him laugh that boyish laugh, when things were goin’

       right;

       Helped him beach our little boat and kindle fires at night.

       Comrades of the Open Way, the Treasure-Trove of Sea,

       Port Ahoy and who cares where, with Mister Grey an’ Me!

       Been to Western lands with Grey … hunted fox and deer.

       Seen the Grizzly’s ugly face with danger lurkin’ near.

       Slept on needles, near th’ sky, and marked th’ round moon

       rise

       Over purpling peaks of snow that hurt a fellow’s eyes.

       Gone, like Indians, under brush and to some mystic place—

       Home of red men, long since gone, to join their dying race.

       Yes … we’ve chummed it, onward—outward … mountain,

       wood, and Key,

       At the quiet readin’-table … Sportsman Grey an’ Me.

TALES OF FISHES

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