The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 78National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 406
... fish . Poles will begin to bend nearly double ; they will crack and splinter to slivers in the men's hands . A pole will flex straight suddenly ; the man holding it goes tumbling back against the rail . The fish plops back into the sea ...
... fish . Poles will begin to bend nearly double ; they will crack and splinter to slivers in the men's hands . A pole will flex straight suddenly ; the man holding it goes tumbling back against the rail . The fish plops back into the sea ...
Page 407
... fish of from 70 to 150 pounds . The legal limits on yellow- fin tuna are 71⁄2 pounds , minimum , and 150 pounds maximum . Very large fish the canners do not want ( page 403 ) . Teams of Three Land the Big Ones Three men strike their ...
... fish of from 70 to 150 pounds . The legal limits on yellow- fin tuna are 71⁄2 pounds , minimum , and 150 pounds maximum . Very large fish the canners do not want ( page 403 ) . Teams of Three Land the Big Ones Three men strike their ...
Page 408
... fish aboard , but seldom are there more than two days of prosperity in succession . The long weeks at sea on a ... fish once jumped from the sea and closed its jaws around a fisherman's throat ; a surgeon aboard the yacht Zaca saved the ...
... fish aboard , but seldom are there more than two days of prosperity in succession . The long weeks at sea on a ... fish once jumped from the sea and closed its jaws around a fisherman's throat ; a surgeon aboard the yacht Zaca saved the ...
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