CONTENTS 



PART I. 



THE WAY THERE. 



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A Cunard crossing — New York Harbour and Customs — Hotels 

 and Restaurants — Theatres — Streets and Subways — 

 Zoological Park and Aquarium — Railroad Travel in the 

 States — Washington D.C. — An Elegant City — Interview 

 with the President — Congressional Library — Poverty ot 

 the Zoological Park — More Railways — The Land of the 

 vSky — Toxaway and its Trout - fishing — IVIountain 

 Railroads — Asheville and Hendersonville — Through the 

 Carolinas — A Boorish Innkeeper — Jacksonville — Its 

 Ostrich Farm — A Cavalier of the South — His Memories 

 of the War — Colour Question in the States — Scenery 

 of Florida — Punta Gorda out of Season — A Lesson in 

 Manners — Useppa at Last . .... 1-S2 



PART II. 



TARPON-FISHING AND OTHER SPORT. 



The Glamour of Tarpon-fishing — Day and Night-fishing — 

 Heat of Sun and Light of Moon — Great Size and Weight 

 — Importance of Luck and Brute Force — Skill at a 

 Discount — Beauties of the Pass — Lack of the Strenuous 

 Life in Florida — Pass-fishing a Sociable Sport — Life at 

 Useppa Island — Tarpon-fishing Attractive to All — The 

 Cost — Travel Expenses — Heavy Cost of Tackle — A 

 Tackle Bill — Tackle Bought in England — Cost of Living 

 at Useppa and of Boat and Guide — Cost of setting up 

 Trophies— The Tarpon — Little Known of its Life Story 

 — Reasons for this — Characters of the Fish — Curious 

 Long Ray in the Dorsal Fin — The Scales — Tail, Gills and 



