34 HINTS FOR SOUTHERN HUNTING. 



into the ark, a hammock should be used ; one arranged 

 (as it may easily be), with a light canvas roof, with sides 

 of netting. Two or three rafter-shaped triangles hung 

 on a line will spread such a shelter, and in a canvas 

 hammock under it, one can rest free from the compan 

 ionship of guides and dogs, and without vivid ideas of 

 snakes and centipedes. Sportsmen are often disabled 

 by the fiercest animal in Florida, the flea. High boots 

 will be some defence, but keep away from the vicinity 

 of domestic animals, and sleep not in any of the 

 &quot; cracker &quot; houses, but camp in remote pine woods and 

 keep the dogs away from the tent. Such forest is com 

 paratively free from mosquitoes, and in mid-winter the 

 sand-flies are not very annoying. 



For minor details the hints common to all hunting 

 will afford a general idea. 



