510 MODERN SEA FISHING 



including a month's stay in Florida and hire of guide (ten 

 shillings daily), should not exceed from ioo/. to i2O/. 



Living is not dear at the hotels. The kind of people who 

 go for tarpon fishing are not those of the objectionable type 

 who wish to make a splash with their money. If one is going 

 to remain at a place for a time, it is well to make an arrange- 

 ment with the hotel proprietor, as a considerable reduction can 

 be effected thereby. 



Food, as a rule, is reasonably good, fish and game being 

 so abundant, and the American system of transporting beef 

 from Chicago to all parts of the Union enables remote districts 

 to get a good supply. 



THINGS WHICH MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR A GENERAL 

 SPORTING TOUR IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA 



Nearly all the items in the following list are, in my opinion, 

 absolutely essential if proceeding to the wild parts of the 

 country. The most frequented parts of Florida are as civilised 

 as any other fashionable winter resort. 



Four tarpon rods (many anglers use this number at one 

 time), four reels, six to ten dozen hooks and snells, three cotton 

 reel lines, tarpon belt, very wide-brimmed hat, mosquito nets, 

 very large light hat, revolver, rifle, hunting knife, gaff, light sal- 

 mon rod, trout rod, large gaudy flies, phantom minnows, spoon 

 baits, ordinary trout and salmon tackle, waist belt for carrying 

 money, waders, ammunition, tent, hammock, camp cooking 

 apparatus, folding flat-bottomed boat, hand camera (it is the 

 best possible climate for photography), light summer clothing, 

 and warm clothing also, small medicine chest, wines and spirits. 



If the reader takes a map of Florida, he will find a great 

 portion of it is unexplored. In such districts one can get 

 nothing and should be prepared for any kind of emergency. 

 Mule waggons can usually be hired. 



