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Show nile fish put up rem j fk;ht Pine Sport Afforded Anglers in Africiin Kivrr. A new hport has risen in Africa, more thrilling than tin; killing of dangerous wild beasls. It Is the pursuit of the huge, savage sav-age arid Incredibly swift dsn found In the great rivers hundreds of miles from the sea. Sportsmen who have slain lions, the dreaded cape biitTnloeH, elepbantH find rhinoceroses say that the bagging bag-ging of these beasts does not compare com-pare with the excitement of lighting a gigantic llsh In these wild rivers. The thrill of it lion's charge Is Soon over, one way or another, but the thrill of fighting a huge, leaping leap-ing fish that can Jump from the water like a kangaroo, and whose mouth Is lined with something akin to sheet Iron, may last for hours. Some of the great African fishes have, teeth like wolves and can bite or twist In two Ibe heaviest Iron or copper cop-per wire lenders. They tear fish weighing two or three pounds from the hook and often break strong hooks. They can breast the swiftest torrent as though It were a millpond. Africa seems to have more large savage animals than any other country coun-try In the world, anil the fish lire no exception. When the rivers go dry In spots the great fish congregate in di-ep pools. They soon clean out all the smaller fish. When a bait Is thrown Into the pool they will make the water boll trying to seize the hook. A small animal, which enters the pool, will Immediately be torn to pieces, for some of the African river fishes, particularly par-ticularly the terrible tiger fish, are closely related to the man-eating piranha, which the late President Theodore Roosevelt described In his account of his Journey to the River of Doubt In the wilds of Rrazil. Though the Brazilian fish Is not nearly near-ly so large as Its African cousin. It Is frenzied by the scent of blood, and will tear even an ox to pieces If blood Is drawn from the creature. The largest fish In the African rivers Is the gigantic Nile perch, which Is not a perch at all but a representative rep-resentative of the ocean bass family. This gigantic fish has been known to weigli 200 pounds. It is hard-mouthed, hard-mouthed, tremendously strong and active and delicious eating. In the Nile system are almost SO0 species belongl ig to the rtilftsli group and more than f0 i-.poelos elos.-ly allied al-lied to Ibe carp. Koine of the eaifli h run well up to hlx feet. The tl,;er llsh Is one of the mos:t vono-bois fi-h In the world, eipjipped with powerful Jaws and firmed with formidahlH teeth outside lis mouth. The tiger llsh Is able to bile In two heavy leaders lead-ers of Iron tir copper wire and will often break the Ktrongi-ht three-Inch steel hooks. New York World 'J'cle-gra 'J'cle-gra m. |