And now the pace grows fast and furious. Eighty feet of line are out, waves are flying from the bow, and the boat speeds so that no launch in Florida could catch her. The great fish is close to the bottom, and suddenly shifts its course. This manœuvre is like to cost it dear, for it enables six

A HARPOONED DEVIL-FISH IN SHALLOW WATER.

A HARPOONED DEVIL-FISH, WEIGHING ABOUT 2000 POUNDS, WITH THE JAWS PROPPED OPEN.