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OTHER SPORT IN FLORIDA 



Amongst the works which will assist the sportsman who 

 meditates a visit to Florida is Hunting and Fishing in Florida, 

 including a Key to the Water Birds known to occur in the State, by 

 Chas. B. Cory (Estes and Lauriat, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896). 

 Mr. Cory is a well-known ornithologist, and has been hunting, 

 fishing, and shooting in Florida since 1877, while each of the 

 ten winters he spent in the State was devoted to exploring out- 

 of-the-way nooks and corners, which ten years ago were known 

 to very few people. Although Florida is now visited annually 

 by thousands instead of hundreds of people, as was the case a 

 few years ago, there is still a vast extent of country which is 

 practically a wilderness, and where game is yet to be found in 

 great abundance. 



The following summary, for some of which I am much 



