viii PREFACE 



of the woods and waters is the sweetest of the author's possessions. 

 Trusting that others may enjoy these recollections half as much 

 as he has enjoyed the experience, he offers them to the public. 



The sketch of the Leap of the Tarpon is from an instan- 

 taneous photograph taken by Otis A. Mygatt, Esq., an experienced 

 fisherman. That of the Manatee, at page 219, is from the pencil 

 of Mr. Wycliffe Taylor, London, drawn from nature, and for the 

 full-page illustrations the author is indebted to Messrs. Poore, 

 Freuzeny, Deming, and Sheppard. 



THE AUTHOR 



June. 1, 1891. 



