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sun shining; but no luck followed me, and the Captain and I only 

 had one strike and caught nothing, though we trolled for two hours 

 before returning for breakfast. Jim caught some "trout." After 

 breakfast, at about lo a.m., we started for Captiva Pass; there being 

 little wind, we steamed as well as sailed. Passing Punta Rassa, the 



PUiMA KAbSA CABLE blATlON. 



men hailed us and gave us a cablegram for Jim. Already they had 

 learned to identify us by the boat. 



Arrived at Captiva and dropped our anchor soon after 4 p.m. 

 A few minutes later we were both out in the Pass fishing. I caught 

 nothing, but Jim hooked a tarpon, which jumped finely and got off. 



