FLORIDA AND THE WEST INDIES 139 



May 17 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 19 

 19 



19 



19 

 19 

 19 

 19 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



G. D. E. Muntz, 



Col. D. M. Lumsden, 

 G. H. Ramsbottom, 



H. B. Tate, 



G. D E. Muntz, 

 G. H. Ramsbottom, 



G. D. E. Muntz, 



Guide. 



Ibs. Bethel 



98 



94 



84 

 75 

 75 



122 



85 

 65 



120 



139 

 123 



95 



92 



52 



85 



95 



100 



1 60 



128 



81 



102 



Charles Pratt 

 Alfred Whitehead 



Charles Leatham 



Bethel 



Alfred Whitehead 



Bethel 



E. Vom Hofe, 102 Manuel Alinas 



Considering that fish were taken only over a 

 period of five weeks, and, with the exception of 

 eight, by a party of six fishermen, this record of one 

 hundred and twelve tarpon, thirty-three of them 

 exceeding a weight of 100 Ibs., compares not un- 

 favourably with even the golden days of Useppa. 

 True, over three hundred and thirty fish were re- 

 corded for the year 1903, and one hundred and 

 eighty- three for 1902, but a great many more fisher- 

 men and ladies took part, as many as forty in the 

 year 1903 and over twenty in the previous year. 

 Moreover, the season was much longer in both 

 cases, fish being taken during eight weeks in 1902 

 and during eleven weeks in 1903. The season of 

 1906 may therefore be regarded as up to the 

 average. The record for 1904 was not quite up to 



