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Conclusion 



In closing this account it occurs to me to say 

 that the angler who has a genuine love for the 

 finny tribe, and who has never visited the sunny 

 waters of Florida, has in store an experience of 

 joy and delight in the wonderful variety of its 

 fishes. Some idea may be formed of their num- 

 ber from the fact that I have collected nearly 

 three hundred species in the fresh and salt water 

 of that sub-tropical wonderland. And the fishing 

 lasts the year round, and is always good, except 

 when an unusually cold " norther " is blowing. 

 The warm-water species, like the tarpon, lady- 

 fish, and ten-pounder, are more plentiful, and ex- 

 tend their range farther northward in the summer. 

 At that season all of the inlets and passes of both 

 the Atlantic and Gulf coasts abound with them ; 

 but the winter visitor will find them in Biscayne 

 Bay, Barnes Sound, Cards Sound, and southwest 

 along the keys to the Dry Tortugas. The brack- 

 ish water species will be found all winter in the 

 bays and estuaries of either coast 



