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

 stunts . . ... . * '* . . 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 hi 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 tie 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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