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both sexes is the tarpon of 205 lbs. caught by Mrs. Stagg. 

 We saw her tackle on board the yacht, and in the cabin were 

 photographs of five fish caught by her in two days' fishing in 

 the Pass. One of these tarpon had the best part of two feet 

 bitten off by a shark. 



As to all that has been said about mosquitoes, although 

 perhaps the references to these little pests have been too many, 

 they made such an impression upon me that I am bound to 

 say the facts have not been at all overstated. They always 

 made very free with my ankles, and on one occasion they had 

 bitten me so furiously that I was absolutely unable to sleep, 

 and had to keep my poisoned and swollen feet and ankles in 

 iced water for a while. The sandflies are also, as in other 

 parts of the world, worse than the mosquitoes, both from their 

 r\umbers and their minute size. 



I see no mention made in the entry of 27th April of Mr. 



Ashby Jones's heavy fish. This was the same gentleman who 



Mr A hb ^ fortnight before hooked a large tarpon which 



Jones's big towed his boat about a mile and a half, jumped 



several times, and escaped, not very far from our 



own boat ; and he had also lost three on the previous day. 



During dinner on the 27th April we heard that Mr. Jones had 



