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Show NILE FISH PUT UP REAL FIGHT Fine Sport Afforded Anglers in African River. species belonging to the catfish group and more than 50 species closely allied al-lied to the carp. Some of the catfish run well up to six feet. The tl'or fish Is one of the most voracious fish In the world, equipped with powerful jaws and armed with formidable teeth outside Its mouth. The tiger fish is able to bite In two heavy leaders lead-ers of iron or copper wire and will often break the strongest three-inch steel hooks. New York World Telegram. A new sport has risen in Africa, more thrilling than the killing of dangerous wild beasts. It Is the pursuit of the huge, savage sav-age and incredibly swift fish found in the great rivers hundreds of miles from the sea. Sportsmen who have slain lions, the dreaded cape buffaloes, elephants and rhinoceroses say that the bagging bag-ging of these beasts does not compare com-pare with the excitement of fighting a gigantic fish in these wild rivers. The thrill of a 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 the heaviest Iron or copper cop-per wire leaders. 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, and the fish are no exception. When the rivers go dry in spots the great fish congregate in deep pools. They soon clean out all the smaller fish. When a bait is thrown into the pool they will make the water boil 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 Brazil. 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 weigh 260 pounds. It is hard-mouthed, hard-mouthed, tremendously strong and active and delicious eating. In the Nile system are almost 300 |