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know it, was lost. Deer are plenty everywhere, but 

 to hunt them to any aclvantage, you must put your- 

 self under the guidance of the native hunters. We 

 only tried it once, and then could use hut a small 

 part of our venison on account of the heat of the 

 weather. Bears are occasionally shot; we did not 

 see any, probably because we Avere not looking for 

 them, and if any one has the patience, he can kill 

 wild turkeys. Good water-fowl shooting is also to 

 be had on the uplands in any of the innumerable 

 lakes which dot Florida from one end to the other, 

 if they are not too near civilization. A very capital 

 house was kept by a former employee of Delmonico, 

 at a town called Waldo, where inland sport of all 

 kinds could be had in reasonable amounts. It seems 

 almost invidious to specify particular places, as so 

 far as I could judge, there was shooting and fishing 

 everywhere off the regular beaten track of tourists. 



" Doctor," remarked Mr. Green with a quiet sub- 

 dued intonation which long practice enabled me to 

 recognize as malice aforethought, ''Do you know 

 what bird I prefer to eat?" 



*' I should presume from your past actions," re- 

 plied the learned gentleman thus addressed, '"'that 

 of all the birds, which swim, fly, or have feathers, 

 you give a decided preference to broiled duck. " 



"Especially," I interposed, in order to head off 

 the coming attack if possible, "provided that the 

 duck is cooked over an open fire in the cabin when 

 the rest of the party are at breakfast." 



' Broiled duck is good," Mr. Green responded, un- 



