IX 



SMALL FISHING 



There have been several allusions in the foregoing pages to 

 what is termed " small fishing." It really means the miscel- 

 laneous sport to be enjoyed by the angler with fishes otherwise 

 than tarpon. Sharks come under the head of nuisances ; and 

 such fish as the saw-fish and the monster marine perch may 

 also be omitted from this category as exceptions to be treated 

 independently. The following are amongst the species which 

 the angler in Floridan waters may at any time find at the end 

 of his line. Some of them are very queer fish indeed. 



Mr. Von Blake, who was one of the enthusiastic anglers 



whose acquaintance we made, and who enjoyed that grand take 



The Moon- ^^ Spanish mackerel with his fly-rod described on 



Fish. page 69, one day in April showed me half a 



dozen moon-fish {Chcetodipterus faber) which had been caught 



