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our host. The season here was over, and that modern first- 

 class hotel was shut up. 



The dilemma, however, was not very serious, as we in- 

 tended to go on to Fort Myers by the first steamer, and by 



ON THE FISHING GROUNDS. 



good fortune we found that there would be one starting in 

 the morning, and that we might go on board and take our 

 berths. This we did there and then, obtaining, with the 

 welcome accommodation, our first acquaintance with the 

 mosquitoes of Florida, which did us the honour more or less 



