LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The next tarpon spent most of its time in the air doing acrobatic 

 stunts . . . . * . . . . j f Frontispiece 



Wonderful creatures that seized their bait and hurled it a hundred 



feet into the air . . .- . .: . . . .- . . 16 



Garmented in glistening silver and enveloped in a cloud of sparkling 

 diamonds . . . . .17 



Then in furious mood threw his supple body, contorted with passion, 

 above the water *-.... 32 



Six feet of the most beautiful creature that lives, clad in glistening, 



silver mail . .. . . . . . ..33 



" Boca Grande's no place for a canoe ! " objected the captain anxiously 36 

 You have pulled your fragile canoe beside a creature that can knock 



it endwise with a flip of its tail . ....',' .37 

 You soon learn to pay out the line without letting it slip < . .37 

 A six-foot tarpon was ahead of me and his cavernous mouth engulfed 



my mackerel ; . . . . . . . . . .44 



There was a good deal of a mix-up and we were busy swimming 



ashore with the canoe, paddles and other things . .45 



There is a crash in the water as the tarpon leaps before dashing 



away 45 



"There's a shark at the end of this line!" 48 



Drag him over the side of the canoe and you will get all the fun 



you want . . . 49 



He was outward bound and rejoiced in the trouble preparing for us . 49 

 Sending hook and bait flying twenty feet into the air . . .52 

 Hunting tarpon with a harpoon is several games rolled into one . 53 

 The really vulnerable part for your harpoon isn't much bigger than 



the back of an unabridged dictionary . .. . .53 



Doing acrobatic stunts that made one dizzy to look at . . .60 

 He started away with renewed vigor while I was nearly exhausted . 61 



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