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Title: The black police of Queensland : reminiscences of official work and personal adventures in the early days of the colony
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Kennedy, Edward B
Subjects: Queensland -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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sh, accordingto Dr. Glinther, is Lates calcarifer. From itslist of habitats it appears to be strictly inter-tropical, and he mentions specimens of itfrom India, Java and other places, its northernboundaries being Calcutta and China, limitsof latitude which correspond pretty well withBundaberg on the Queensland coast. It isa sea fish at certain seasons. The blackfellows sometimes call it barramundi. I see from my old diary that, under theheading of* Fly fishing in North Queensland,I described this fish a little more fully aslate as December, 23rd, 1871—in that numberof the Field. I visited this pool upon another occasionaccompanied by a friend who was stayingwith me, and who hailed from the banks ofthe Clyde. We used the rod turn and turnabout, and killed eighteen pounds of fish : thisincluded three palmers, the best going ninepounds, and we used the same Irish fly towhich we added white wings, which certainlyrendered it more fetching, and it invariablycarried the palm amongst flies.
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mw::j^ XIV) SHARK SHOOTING 187 Another fish, which we dubbed fresh waterherring, took a smaller edition of the samelure freely, but it was so bony and tastelessthat we tried to avoid catching it. One nightmy friends terrier pup disappeared in amysterious manner. At the same part of theriver, and on the same evening, we lost a goodfish, which was taken by some monster whilstwe were coaxino^ it ashore in shallow water—fly gut and fish were carried away ; then, whilststill gazing at the spot, we saw a three-footshark leisurely pass over the shallow. The mystery was explained, the marauderhad certainly taken our palmer, and mostlikely the small dog as well, as we rememberedthat the little animal was very fond of thewater. We went home, and at night deviseda plan of revenge which I carried out to myentire satisfaction the next day, and therebyinaugurated a new form of sport in connectionwith one of the most hateful forms of fishlife. My friend had to take his departure,so I went alone, p

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