THE ENGLISH ANGLER IN FLORIDA 



five o'clock in the morning to await the pleasure of the medical 

 examination. 



Unless the traveller to Florida has brought his sporting 

 or other equipment from the other side, he will find it no 

 New York ^°^^ °^ 'Cvcwo. to remain a few hours in New York, 

 purchases, and more especially if he has to provide himself 

 with the fishing tackle necessary for tarpon and other fish. 

 The way, as to ship and train travelling, had been made 

 delightfully easy to me before starting. I went to Thomas 

 Cook and Son, placed myself in their hands, and after calling 

 at their office in New York there was no further trouble. 

 We and our baggage were straightaway booked to the end 

 of our land journey, namely, Punta Gorda, West Florida. 

 Roughly speaking, London is nine days from this place. 



Before purchasing fishing tackle we went off to the 

 Museum, where I wanted to examine the casts of Florida 

 fishes, but as they were very indifferently done, and not 

 named, I did not waste much attention upon them, devoting 

 what brief leisure I had to the stuffed alligators, birds, and 

 other animals ; the birds well represented with their natural 

 surroundings. Here also I was deeply interested to find a 

 picture of Audubon, — with whom my father travelled over fifty 



