FRANCIS ROLT-WHEELER

PREFACE

CHAPTER I MAROONED BY A WHALE

CHAPTER II THE FIGHT OF THE OLD BULL SEALS

CHAPTER III ATTACKED BY JAPANESE POACHERS

CHAPTER IV CATCHING THE SEA-SERPENT

CHAPTER V CLUTCHED BY A HORROR OF THE DEEP

CHAPTER VI DEFEATED BY A SPOTTED MORAY

CHAPTER VII HARPOONING A GIANT SEA VAMPIRE

CHAPTER VIII FINDING A FORTUNE IN A PEARL

CHAPTER IX A TUSSLE WITH THE MONARCH OF THE SEA

CHAPTER X RUN DOWN DURING A SQUALL

Stripping Cod at Sea on a Winter Morning.

Fisheries Bureau Spawn-taker aboard a trawler. Note the snow on the rail, the frozen spray on the mast, and the ice on the rigging.

Courtesy of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.

U. S. SERVICE SERIES.

THE BOY WITH THE U. S. FISHERIES

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