Octopus Wrestling

The author traveled to Tahiti in the 40s with a group of friends. They went into the ocean armed with 12 foot long barbed spears made of iron. Roo had his own system for drawing the creature out, retreating a short distance from its lair. He would take up his flute, name of Vivo, and play weird tunes upon it like a Hindu Fakir charms a cobra. His piping would soon attract the octopus from its cavern.