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mile. The north, or left, side rather the best ; but it is well to try- 

 both sides, which are alike in having a heavy growth of mangroves to 

 the water's edge and into it. 



The other fishes are Cavalle, Groupers, Grunts, Jewfish, large if 

 you want them, Sailor's Choice, Rabirubia, Turbot, Sea Trout, Par- 

 rot-fish, Porgies, Spot, and, near the entrances on the "banks," 

 Bonefish. Some Mullet on shallows around an island inside near the 

 entrance. Fiddlers can be found around the larger mangroves, where 

 there are little sandy places three or four feet from the shore. 



At the entrance to the second, or middle, creek there is usually a 

 large lot of Snappers in quite deep water, near the north shore. The 

 water is more clear there than in any other place, so the Snappers 

 take the alarm as soon as two or three are taken. 



The third, or south, creek is about the same as the second. Two 

 or three days can be spent here very pleasantly unless the mosquitoes 

 appear, which is apt to be the case if the weather is warm. 



BONEFISH BANKS. 

 THIRTY-TWO MILES FROM MIAMI. 



These "banks" extend from near the mouths of Steamboat 

 Creeks across the southern end of Card Sound (the next body of 

 water south of Biscay ne Bay) to the west shore, about two and three- 

 quarter miles, and extend north and south about three-fourths of a mile. 



They are the dividing line between Card Sound, north, and Little 

 Card Sound, south, and during the last four years have acquired the 

 name of "The Bonefish Banks," well known to the devotees of 

 Bone fishing. 



There is a cut, or channel, through the banks about half way be- 

 tween the shores, which carries three to six feet of water, through 

 which all the craft traveling north or south are obliged to pass. The 

 banks themselves carry from nothing to two or three feet, a consider- 

 able part of them being out of water at low tide. 



I presume more Bonefish have been caught here than in any one 

 place in Florida. In the cut there are Cavalle, Runners, Mangrove 

 Snappers (small and medium size), Groupers, Grunts, Porgies, etc. 

 I have seen Tarpon here, many of them, but never caught one. 



Near the bank, on the west side of the sound, there are, north 



