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would have a thousand barrels of guavas this year. I tasted one the 

 other day, and did not care for it at all ; it was something like a very 

 poor green fig. On our return we went into Hartigan's and saw some 

 small alligators and skins of rattlesnakes, very handsome ones. Jim 

 returned about 4 p.m. with a fine tarpon, 125 lbs. weight and 6 ft. 3 in. 

 long, a beautiful silvery fish ; sent it to Hartigan's to be skinned. 

 Went up the village and on The Tarpon, which arrived about four, and 

 ordered in our stores, etc., to make an early start in the morning. 

 Terribly windy day. 



