32 THE ENGLISH ANGLER IN FLORIDA m 



Finding after its leap and fierce shaking of head and 

 shoulders that the hook is not to be got rid of in that manner, 

 the tarpon with mighty power goes off in one rush, perhaps 

 a hundred yards, without stopping. The wise angler, of 



"THE TARPON WITH MIGHTY POWER GOES OFF IN ONE RUSH." 



course, lets him go, with a taut line, but without any real 

 attempt to check the express pace. The guide in the boat 

 meanwhile will be getting in the other lines so as to have 

 presently a fair field and no favour for the hooked fish ; the 



