Ill 



SPORT IVITH TARPON 



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incident, the angler in this particular case (myself) may be 

 seen disappearing up the wharf towards the hotel. The tarpon 

 is not prized for anything but its sport, and after the scales 

 have been stripped off, the carcase is left on the wharf; next 



A SMALL orange-grower's HOUSE ABOVE MYERS. 



morning it may be covered with vultures, and it is finally 

 taken away to be used as a fertiliser for the orange trees. 



Mr. Charles Stewart Davison, a New York gentleman, 

 contributed to T/ie Spirit of the Times, at the close of the 

 season in which I took my share, the results of long experience 



