Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 292W. Blackwood, 1962 |
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Page 107
... marlin hurtled away beneath the surface . Two hundred yards - two hundred and fifty the marlin took in the space of seconds . Then it broached , com- ing up with a terrible submarine lunge of fighting wrath , impaling the empty air with ...
... marlin hurtled away beneath the surface . Two hundred yards - two hundred and fifty the marlin took in the space of seconds . Then it broached , com- ing up with a terrible submarine lunge of fighting wrath , impaling the empty air with ...
Page 108
... marlin was the sea's own , the ocean possessed the lonely secret of its creation . Bracing his feet against the gun- wale , Farrer fought to bind the line back onto the reel . Two hundred yards away the marlin showed again . Up and up ...
... marlin was the sea's own , the ocean possessed the lonely secret of its creation . Bracing his feet against the gun- wale , Farrer fought to bind the line back onto the reel . Two hundred yards away the marlin showed again . Up and up ...
Page 109
... marlin rose and ' walked ' the water . With incredible strength it thrashed its tail beneath it , flailing it back and forth until the whole of its huge body was balanced on the slapping flukes . The flat sea churned to foam and the marlin ...
... marlin rose and ' walked ' the water . With incredible strength it thrashed its tail beneath it , flailing it back and forth until the whole of its huge body was balanced on the slapping flukes . The flat sea churned to foam and the marlin ...
Contents
THE DUEL OF THE FRIGATES BY VICTOR ALLAN | 42 |
THE FORTUNATE VILLAGE BY J L SOMERS | 58 |
ABA DIDA BY CHARLES CHENEVIX TRENCH | 137 |
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