ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 45 



found the river full of Mullet bound in from Mosquito Inlet, half a mile 

 distant. The water seemed alive with them, from shore to shore. 



Capt. Gardner was ashore with his family. He got some 

 lanterns and placed them in his skiff, which he held to and at right 

 angle with the shore, thus stopping the Mullet which were running 

 along the shore. About seventy-five jumped in his boat. The 

 lighthouse keepers, by the same tactics, with two or three boats, 

 caught over 200. 



That is a big fish story, but it is a true one. 



A few days after, we started on a cruise to the south during the 

 forenoon, and within a mile below New Smyrna met a school which 

 extended from shore to shore, but not so solid. Some eight or ten 

 boats of fishermen were in the school, and had loaded their boats to 

 the gunnels by using their cast nets, and were en route for New 

 Smyrna to market their fish. 



I have heard a story of the late Mr. John Ligget of St. Louis, 

 which I cannot vouch for, but presume it to be true. He was on a 

 cruise from Rock Ledge, I believe on the schooner "Tarpon," 

 down Indian River. He had heard wonderful stories of Mullet 

 jumping into boats, but could not believe them. One night, under 

 proper conditions, his boatman took him out into four or five feet of 

 water and, with torches or lanterns, showed him the stories were 

 sometimes true, and he hollered " Enough ! " 



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Illustration. Pag-e. 



39- "SPHYRANEANA BARRACUDA, OR PICUDA." 349 823 



Barracuda; " Head 3 ; depth 2 in head; eye 



Great Barracuda ; rather small, about 6 in head, equal to 



Picuda ; width of interorbital area. D. V-I, 9 ; 



Becuna : A. I, 9 ; scales 10-75 to 85-10, the cross 



Salt Water Pike (G) ; serieg CQunted from ^^ y me tQ {iQnt 



Salt Water Mascalonge (G). - , . . , _ 



ot dorsal and anal fins respectively. 



Body oblong, slightly compressed, covered with large scales ; head 



