Game Fishes of the Colonies 399 



available to anglers would doubtless take its place 

 with the tarpon, tuna, and other big game of un- 

 doubted standing. 



So far as the angler is concerned, our new 

 colony Porto Rico presents a field that can, as 

 regards game, be compared to southern Florida, 

 the environment being more tropical and charm- 

 ing ; but the conditions for fishing are in many 

 respects different and vastly inferior. Porto Rico 

 is about fifteen hundred miles from New York, 

 or it can be reached by train to Florida and boat 

 to Key West or Havana. It has a coast line of 

 three hundred and sixty miles, faces the north 

 bravely, and while tropical, is really cooler than 

 any other island of the group. Frederic A. 

 Ober has explored its waters and mountains 

 and painted its charms perhaps more vividly than 

 any other American. The island is deficient in 

 good harbors, San Juan being the best one on the 

 north, about which some good fishing is to be 

 had ; to the westward are found Puerto Real de 

 Cabo Rojo, Anasco, Rincon, Aguadilla, and others 

 available for the angler. On the south side are 

 Ponce, Jobos, Guanica, and many bays and inlets 

 in which the angler with North American tackle 

 will find solace and amusement. There is one 



