THE ENGLISH ANGLER IN FLORIDA 



s.s. Majestic on the 24th March. We were home again by the 

 end of May. 



Meanwhile, some account of the sport I enjoyed had been 

 published in the Field and other papers, and thereafter I was 

 often asked to put together my notes and publish them in 

 handbook form, for the guidance and assistance of brother 

 anglers who might meditate a visit to Florida. As the 

 camera is always an inseparable companion for me on such 

 expeditions, I brought back a large collection of views. Owing 

 to unfriendly weather these were often much more imperfect 

 than I should have wished, but they are at least genuine. 

 They would have been better in some cases if I had taken a 

 stand and could have used it for time exposures. What I 

 have are certainly better than nothing — infinitely better than 

 the vamped -up illustrations that are often given to the public. 

 The requests made to me, and the possession of these original 

 photographs, have at length induced me to make the attempt 

 (from which I confess I at first shrank) of recording my 

 experiences in Florida ; and I do it, as an enthusiastic sports- 

 man of long standing with rod as well as gun, and also as 

 something of a traveller, in the hope that what I have to 

 say will be useful to many. 



