ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 247 



Now, a few words about yachts. If you buy, build, or charter a 

 boat, desiring to cruise and fish in the inside waters of the East 

 Coast, anywhere between Ormond and Key West, select the sailboat, 

 launch, or auxiliary, of the kind, size, or rig you wish, but don' I have 

 it draw more than two feet. More draught will surely bring you to 

 grief, and will prevent you from visiting many very desirable places. 



In closing, I desire to acknowledge my obligations to Capt. John 

 Gardner for his invaluable assistance and information in the prepara- 

 tion of this book ; to Messrs. Julius vom Hofe, Edward vom Hofe, 

 B. C. Milam & Sons, and the H. H. Kiffe Co., for the loan of their 

 electrotypes for the illustrations of fishing tackle ; to the Florida 

 East Coast R'y Co. for the loan of their map of the East Coast, 

 and hotel and boarding house list ; and to the officials of the United 

 States Fish Commission, and the United States National Museum, for 

 their many courtesies, in promptly and kindly sending me books and 

 information asked for. 



It has been intimated to me that because I have used the map 

 of the East Coast of Florida, and the list of hotels and boarding 

 houses of the coast issued by the East Coast Railway Company, and 

 because the Matthews-Northrup Works, who do much work for that 

 Company, are my printers, that my book may be considered by some 

 people an advertising medium for the East Coast Railway and East 

 Coast hotel companies. 



I deem the subject of enough importance to explain the situation. 



When I first concluded to write and publish my book I called on 

 the proper official of the Railway Company and requested the 

 privilege of using the map and hotel list, explaining that I was not 

 soliciting an advertisement, directly nor indirectly ; that my book 

 would be my own individual venture, and that I neither needed nor 

 wanted any advertising matter in the work. 



On the above basis the official kindly allowed me the use of 

 whatever literature of the Company I might want, and I have acknowl- 

 edged the favor and repeat the acknowledgment here. The net 

 result of the interview was, that the railway and hotel companies were 

 not to stand sponsors for my book, and that I was not to stand sponsor 

 for the conduct of their business, so the reader may not fear he is 

 being trapped into reading an advertisement after the fashion of some 

 of the modern newspapers. If the book should, incidentally, be of 

 any benefit to the companies by leading few, or many, sportsmen to 



