CHAPTER XII 

 QUIET CRUISING 



WE paddled through the cut-off to Broad 

 River, observing on the way that 

 many of the spider engineers had re- 

 built the suspension bridges which we had de- 

 stroyed the day before. The captain and I al- 

 ternately fished and paddled until, when the last 

 fish was turned loose in the afternoon, we had a 

 record of five more tarpon to the good, and the 

 Camera-man had used his last plate. 



At supper the Camera-man said: "I don't 

 want to get shy of plates and they are going fast. 

 I must save a lot for the tarpon fly-fishing." 



"Then, Captain, it's up to you to get us to 

 the head of Harney River, P. D. Q." said I. 



"I can take you through to Tussock Bay to- 

 night. Beyond that I want daylight in places." 

 I knew every foot of the course, every channel 

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