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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE FIRST TABPON 13 



II. HUNTING WITH A HARPOON 27 



III. RIDING THE BREAKERS 45 



IV. SHARKS AS FISHERMEN . . 59 



V. THE GIRL'S DAT 73 



VI. THE CAMERA-MAN'S DAT 91 



VII. DAT OF THE CAMP-FIRE MAN 105 



VIII. FISHING IN A FLOWER BED . . . . . .115 



IX. CHECKMATING A TARPON 125 



X. THE TARPON SWAMPS Us 141 



XI. THE CAPTAIN WINS A WAGER 157 



XII. QUIET CRUISING 165 



XIII. THE BORDER OP THE GLADES 173 



XTV. A ZIGZAG TRIP AND A Zoo 187 



XV. THE HAPPIEST DAT OF ALL 201 



XVI. TARPON TRAGEDIES 207 



XVII. THE TARPON AND THE TEMPEST 217 



XVIII. WHERE AND How 231 



XIX. THE FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD . 245 





