Battles With Giant Fish, by Frederick
Albert Mitchell-Hedges, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I., with
illustrations from photographs by Lady Richmond Brown, published by G.
Howard Watt, New York, NY, 1928 — 307 pages — illustrated — measures: 5
5/8" x 8 3/4" x 1 11/16" — originally made and printed in Great Britain
by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, UK
Contents:
Introduction
Book I.
Monsters of the Deep — Prehistoric and Present Sea Life
The Commencement of the Great Adventure
The Wonders of the Black River — Four-Hour Battle with a Mighty Tarpon
How We Caught the Great Red Snapper
Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven and a Half Pounds Landed on Rod and Line — The Horrors of the Deep are Encountered
Fight with a Sting-Ray — In Danger of an Awful Death
Our Net is Ruined by a Big Shark — I Catch a Record Snook
Battle with a Giant Ray
We Land a Big Barracouda, and Witness a Battle between Shark and Sea-Cow
We are Avenged and Prove the Tales of Mighty Jack are True
Battle with a Record Jack — The Tragedy in Kingston Harbour
We Arrive in Panama — Fishing at Gatun and the Chagres River
Fishing Around Colon — I Leave for Unknown Waters
The San Blas — Second Journey to Unknown Waters
In the Midst of the Primitive Wilds — The Strange Life Therein
We Catch Many Remarkable Fish — The Mysterious Kaymaals
Face to Face with Death — Through the Panama Canal Full Speed for the Pacific
Book II.
The Making of Strange Tackle — We Catch Our First Pacific Sharks
Battle with a 1,460-pounds Shovel-Nose Shark — Extraordinary Fish Caught off Taboga
Splendid Sport with Rod and Line — A Papagayou of Sixty-Five and a Half pounds
We Fight Three Sand-Sharks Simultaneously — Remarkable Fish on Land
"It's the Devil! Cut the Line, Boss — Cut the Line!" — Battle with a Great Hammer-Head Shark
A Battle-Royal between Bull Sand-Sharks — Lady Brown Narrowly Escapes an Awful Death
My LineS are Smashed Up — Another Fight with a Big Shovel-Nose — My Right Leg Nearly Lost
The Pearl Islands — Five-Hours' Battle with a Sand-Shark
An Island Black with Birds — Our First Experiences with the Harpoon
We Harpoon and Land a Ton-and-Three Quarter Saw-Fish
The British Consul and His Wife
have the Fight of Their Lives — His Excellency the President Sees Two
and Three-Quarter Tons of Fish Landed
Six Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety Pounds Caught on Hook and Line in a Day
Fight with Two Great Sharks — An Awful Sight
We are Caught in an Awful Storm
Battle with a Great Saw-Fish — Terrific Fight between Shark and Saw-Fish
Fight with a Great Tiger-Shark — We Explore the Bayano River
We are Attacked by Red Bugs — Battle with a Veritable Leviathan of the Deep
A Few Observation on the Curious Habits of Fish — We Return Home
Cervical Vertebræ of a Gigantic Blue Whale from Panama