CHAPTEK II. 



IN THE CORAL COUNTRY. 



Garden Key and the Dry Tortugas Bob Rand and Long John A 

 pet pelican A large fort Getting settled Home on a coral 

 key Riding the green turtle The aquarium Angel-fish 

 Surgeon-fish Leap-frog with a fish Long John's pets The 

 fishing and collecting tools, coral hooks, and grains. 



HEN the boys awoke next 

 morning and staggered on 

 deck, they found the Tortugas 

 bowling along with a fair wind, 

 a big square sail out to help her 

 along, and a strange dinghy tow- 

 ing astern, while sitting on the 

 weather rail were two men, evi- 

 dently the owners, who had just 

 come aboard. They were intro- 

 duced as Long John and Bob 

 Rand to the boys, who unani- 

 mously agreed that they were very singular char- 

 acters. 



