Hotel at St. James City. 



T is likely that to ninety-nine 

 persons out of every hundred, 

 even though piscatorially in- 

 clined, the terms " tarpon " and 

 " tarpon-fishing " will convey no 

 meaning. Twelve years ago no one could 

 boast of having taken a tarpon with rod 

 and reel ; and although the sport is now 

 tolerably familiar to devoted anglers, the 

 average individual who counts on get- 

 ting away for a fortnight in the course 

 of the year to kill something in the fish 



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