j v ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF. 



and divers to collect the specimens in which he 

 was interested, and which, at the request of 

 Professors Agassiz and Baird, ultimately found 

 their way into the Smithsonian Institution, the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, 

 and other institutions of science throughout the 

 country. The recollections of these days — the 

 swimming-trips along coral banks, exciting chases 

 after turtle and shark, visits to the haunts of the 

 sea-gull, dives to the home of the queen conch in 

 the deep lagoon — are still fresh in the author's 

 memory, and it is hoped that some of the enthu- 

 siasm of the boy naturalists of the reef, in out- 

 door studies, may be imparted to the young read- 

 ers of this volume. 



For a few illustrations taken from Elements 

 of Zoology, written by the author jointly with 

 J. B. Holder, the undersigned is indebted to the 

 American Book Company, publishers of that 

 work. 



C. F. H. 



Pasadexa, Cal., July, 1S92. 



