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is better still. The rail will keep the harpooner from falling over- 

 board (and it is not good to fall into Florida salt waters in the 

 dark). A gasoline or electric light, with shade and reflector, is 

 needed to throw a broad beam into the water and to shield the 

 harpooner's gaze. An outboard motor is valuable for propulsion. 

 In such a craft, on a calm night, "prowling" through creeks, 

 channels, into bays, across sand banks, coral bottom, and over 

 the flats, a man with a fish spear for the small ones and a 

 good harpoon with rope and a buoy for the big ones, will find 

 himself embarked upon one of the most fabulous experiences 

 of his life. At night the fish are out. In the light they may be 

 seen. As his boat moves slowly here and there he will see the 

 salt-water kingdom and its denizens in thousands fish of every 

 species, color, and size: sharks and rays; crabs and spiny lobsters; 

 morays; the great, slow, but dangerous sawfish and all the mats, 



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