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been driving with Mr, Roat, ‘‘for the neck is the most vital- 
est partabout a deer, A bullet in the neck is sure pop.” 
The Military Professor did not 1eply, but he gaye the fel- 
low such a withcring look that no more bad grammar escaped 
him that day in his presence. 
“IT know I gave it 2 mertal wound,” said the Military 
Professor, “if the gun shoots where it’s held.” 
“Oh, there’s no doubt of that,” chimed im the elderly pro- 
fessor, who seemed ih some way to be responsible for the 
gun; and then he related how somebody once snipped wood- 
peckers’ heads off at a fabulous distance. 
Mr, Roat and the unsrammatical man then examined care- 
fully the track the deer made fot blood; but found none. 
They looked wise while about it, and when through Mr. 
Roat said he ‘‘could not understand it.” The ungrammati- 
cal man said nothing, 
“Neither can I,” said the Military Professor, “but I know 
T yaye it a death shot!” 
The deer was neyer found. The dog even could not do 
that when he came. 
Round Lake, so named from its circular shape, is two 
miles in diameter. The Judge and Brother Scott crossed it 
from south to north, and made a camp on its north shore ir 
the vicinity of a famous spring of cool, soft water. It was 
late Saturday afternoon when they selected the spot for their 
tent. A soft bed of hemlock boughs was made and an abund- 
ance of maple and beech wood lay close at hand. Here they 
rested til] Monday morning, when Mr. Roat, whose house 
stood about thirty rods back from the lake, carricd them in 
his wagon to McMillan, on the railroad, four miles distant. 
And notwithstanding the unevenness of the road, and the 
consequent jolting of the wagon, the Judge and Brother 
Scott were in the best of spirits. The new road wound 
through a wonderful forest, 1nade up principally of beech 
and maple trees, among which was here and there to be seen 
the dead hole of an immense pine. The hardwood timber 
had evidently supplanted the so!t, and this fact set the Judge 
agoing on one of his favorite themes—‘‘Nature’s rotation of 
timber crops.” Mr. Roat could do no less than give him a 
patient hearing; but Brother Scott, who had doubtless heard 
it all time and time again, relieved the tedium by whistling 
Days of Absence, Hail Columbia and Yankee Doodle by 
turns, 
*% * % a ¥ at nt 
The journey had been hastily’ made, too much so for a 
pleasurable sporting journey, Had the travelcrs been pro- 
vided with proper fishing tackle, which they were not, they 
nevertheless moved with such rapidity as prohibited any 
serious attempts at sporting. But they satisfied themselves 
that fish were thite —pike, pike-perch, bass and mascalonge. 
They saw all these varieties except the last mentioned, and 
heard abundance of testimony from the inhabitants of the 
region to the large numbers and excellent size of all the fish. 
Hastily as the trip was made, however, our travelers set 
at rest one question, and that related to the availability of 
the route for boating purposes. It is not often we find a 
boating route possessing all the charms of wilderness, river 
and lake, so accessible as this one. Here one may paddle 
his canoe for two weeks or more and see new views all the 
time, with only four miles of wagon road to pass over. Nay, 
he can do better than that; he can descend the Fox and nayi- 
gate the lakes, after which he can return to the Manisiique 
and descend that to Lake Michigan, where he will find a 
steamer three daysin the week, that for three dollars wiil 
cairy him to St. lgnace, thus getting ninety miles of a day- 
light ride along the north shore of that lake. When we re- 
member the great leve so many men have for a brush with 
the wilderness, if is to be wondered at that this region has 
not been invaded by swarms of canoe men ere this. It lies 
right upon a great public bighway—a highway connected 
With continental lines of railway. Both the Grand Rapids 
and Indiana and Michigan Central railroads land passengers 
at Mackinaw City, and thence six miles of the most delight- 
ful water travel imaginable, takes the traveler across the 
straits to St. Ignace, where the iron horse on the D. M. & M. 
R. BR, will take him up and carry him out to Seney, where 
he can launch his boat, and in a few minutes find himself in 
the heart of ihe ‘‘continnous woods.” The cost of railroad 
transportation will depend, of course, on the distance tray- 
eled, but aside from that, 4 boat journey similar to the one 
indicated in the foregoing papers of this series, need cost but 
very little more than the provisions consumed. Nvot a cent 
after leaving Seney need be paid vut till the north shore of 
Round Lake is reached, and Frederick Roat, who lives there 
and whose address is at McMillan, charged the Judge and 
Brother Scott two collars and a half for carrying them and 
their boat to the railroad. ‘This, he anid, was his minimum 
price. Fora bigger load he w.uld charge more, his maxi- 
mum being five dollars, and he holds himself ready to give 
his services whenever called on. 
I am thus particular in my statement, because I know 
there ane many persons who dream of the wilderness, but are 
deterred from atlempting a visit to it on account of the un- 
certainty of the expendilure involved, aside from railroad 
and hotel fares, Jia voyage over the same waters the Judge 
and Brother Scott journeyed would possess charms to any 
one, it may he enjoyed for next to nothing, 
PRANELIN, Ind. 
FLORIDA AGAIN.--V. 
Y this time my readers will conclude toat ‘Al Fresco” 
hus an attack of cacoethes serihend?, and that he had 
better razce his long yarns, But L am disposed to measure 
others by my yard-stick, and thereby enable them to avoid 
mishaps aud epjoy a Florida trip. 
Boars.—Common batteaus can be borrowed, hired or pur- 
chased at most fishing points, or built to order in Jackson- 
ville or Cedar Keys. If a boat is purchased in the North, 
it can be shipped to Jacksonville on a schooner at a triflin 
cost. If consigned to Peter Jones, at boat yard, foot o 
Market street, Jacksonville, Fla., he will pay charges and 
take care of it until owner arrives. If sportsmen contem- 
plate a prolonged fishing trip in the State, 1 would advise 
them to have builtin the North or in Jacksonville a light 
draft, nearly flat-bottomed boat. In model it should resem- 
ble the batteaus in use about Philadelphia, Length 22 to x6 
feet, beam 8 to 9 feet, depth 28 inches between carlines and 
floor at forward part of cockjit. The boat should be cat- 
rigged and decked over forward and aft, and supplied with 
10-inch washboard and 6-inch ecoaming. In addition, there 
should be a light, water-proof moveable cabin, built as bivh 
as the boom will admit. If the cabin is made moveable, it 
can be removed to clean and air boat, or moved forward 
when in camp so as to give more room in cockpit, There 
should be provided a pilot duck tent extending trom a point 
within three feet of the mast to the stern. The ient should 
be supplied with stout cords every fifteen inches, and holes | 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
bored in deck moulding to receive them. The tent should 
be of sufficient size, so that the boom can be raised high 
enough to afford standing room in cockpit. I provide a 
trees of sufficient length, so that when the tent is fastened 
on each quarter and the trees placed on the stern sheets the 
canvas Will be tight, Ilash gaff to boom, slack peak hal- 
liards and haul on throat halliards until tent is in plage, At 
forward end of tent | attach two triangular canyas curtains, 
wide enough to overlap, and lash corners to screw eyes in 
deck or to throat and peak halliards, At night? or when in 
camp, the tent will be found a great convenience, for plun- 
der can be stored on deck and room made below; and if a 
fifteenth amendmvnt is carried, he can sleep on the cabin, 
A boat as described will be of light draft, seaworthy, 
easily handled, and in every way adapted toa cruise in the 
shallow waters of Indian River or ot the Southwest Coast. 
It will no doubt be urged that such a boat would prove too 
small, but if the sportsmen merely carry actual necessaries, 
there will be ample room for two or three persons. Boats 
of deep draft should be avoided, more especially by persons 
who ure not familiar with the coast, In one of my trips on 
the Southwest Coast, two friends and self spent sixty-three 
days in a flat-bottomed boat 21 feet long and 7 feet 6 inches 
beam, For another trip 1 bad built a full-modeled yacht- 
hke boat sixteen feet long and six feet beam. In her I car- 
tied cook stove, three five-gallon water kegs, bedding, four 
weeks’ provisions, rods, gun, rifle aud other impedimenta, 
and found room for a gentleman of the colored persuasion. 
I transported the boat by rail to Cedar Keys, from that point 
by steamer to Key West. At the latter point she was 
launched, and in her I] enjoyed a pleasant cruise to Cedar 
Keys. The marooner who studies how few things are really 
necessary to make him comfortable, will realize the pith of 
that passage, 
“Man wants but little here below, 
Nor wants that little long.” 
If a boat is purchased, it can be sold at the end of the 
season at a moderate discount, To those whose pockets will 
admit of chartering a boat much. trouble will be avoided. 
They can be secured at Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Rock 
Ledge, Cedar Keys, Tampa and Manatee. A boat of suf- 
ficient, capacity to comfortably accommodate two, three or 
four persons can be chartered at from four to six dollars per 
day. This charge will include captain, boy, small boat, 
stove, bedding, cooking utensils and cookery. One advan- 
tage of chartering a boat is the fact that the sporisman can 
arrange with the captain for his return trip at any time, and 
take steamer for civilization. When aboat is chartered, 
the sportsman must furnish provisions for the crew. If the 
party consists of more than two persons a second small boat 
should be provided. It should be distinctly understood 
before final arrangements are made for a charter, that the 
captain or boy, or both, will do the cooking, and if required, 
row the small boats. Many of the captains are partial to 
snuke antidote, and if it is carried, it should be kept under 
lock and key, or else it will evaporate, and the inhalation of 
the vapor will at times so affect the crew as to render them 
unfit for duty. 
IyereDIMENTA.—Regarding impedimenta, a few sugges- 
tions from an old marooner may not be out of place. If 
sportsmen furnish their own boat, a representative of the 
colored persuasion will be found very useful. But before he 
is hired it should he ascertained that the gentleman is honest, 
sober, industrious, a cook, and able to sail or row a boat 
or use a cast net. Sportsmen should provide three or four 
five-gallon kegs to carry a supply of drinking water. A short- 
handled shovel to dig tor fiddlers and water is a necessity. 
Potable water can be obtained along the coast line, or on 
most of the keys, by digging a shallow hole in a low, moist 
place—unuder all circumstances avoiding the near neighbor- 
hood of mangrove bushes, for where they grow the water 
will be salt or brackish, Ifa hole is dug near the shore, the 
best time to fill the kee is on the last of the ebb tide. For 
sleeping J carry a mattress 2 feet wide, 6 feet 6 inches long 
and 2 inches thick, In the morning I roll it up tighily, tie 
it with a cord, place it in a canvas bag and stow it under 
deck. My blankets and air pillow are treated in a similar 
manner. I carry a food chest 2 feet 6 inches long, 18 inches 
wide and 15 deep. It was constructed of thin poplar boards, 
with a partition one foot from one end. In the large com 
partment L stow sea biscuit, coffve, breakfast bacon, lard, 
sugar, milk and other necessaries; and in the small one 
plates, saucers, cups, knives, forks, ete. When meal time 
arrives the fecd chest is placed in the center of the cockpit, 
and when the fodder is prepared the top of the chest answers 
the putpose of a table. When the meal is over the chest is 
stored under deck. A kerosene stove is almost indispensa- 
ble, but should be provided with a box, in which it can be 
stowed when not in use. <A kerosene can is a nuisance, and 
to avoid its presence I fill a sufficient number of ale or 
porter bottles with kerosene, and stow them between the 
timbers under the floor. In case of an accident. I carry a 
five-inch boat compass costing about $6; but an ordinary 
pocket compass will answer a good purpose, 
A boating party should be provided with a camp axe, a 
hammer for making repzirs to boat, a palm, sail needle, 
twine, and a few yards of canvas to repair sail if an accident 
should happen, A small gimlet, some copper tacks and 
three pounds of different sized galvanized boat nails should 
be carried in a canvas bag. A piece of zinc or yellow metal 
one foot squure might be carried as a remedy for a defect of 
or a hole made in a plank. An extra piece: f line for throat 
halliards on main sheel should be a part of stock in trade, 
A two-gallon stoneware jug would be found very acceptz ble. 
If filled with water over night and covered with several 
thicknesses of bagging, the bagging kept wet andthe jug 
placed in the shade, a drink of comparatively cold water can 
be indulged in, An oyster-knife is indispensable, for at 
many points large and delicious oysters will be found. A. 
heavy anchor is serviceable in a gale, bul under ordinary 
circumstances it is inconyenient. I carry a fourteen-pound 
anchor with wide flukes, but provide two eight-pound sash 
weights. If the water is shallow, holdimg ground good or 
but little wind, I use my light mud hook; but if a gale is 
blowing, the weather threatening, or if I am compelled to 
anchor in a strong tideway, I lash a sash weight to each 
arm of the anchor, and in this way convert.a fourteen into 
a thirty-pound anchor. Before anchoring in rivers where 
there are snags, or where the bottom is rocky, | attach « trip 
line with buoy to the anchcr, and in the event of the anchor 
fouling it can be recovered. Kerosene lanterns are smoky 
things and liable to be extinguished by high winds; and a 
lantern to burn sperm oil, with a supply of the oil, should be 
provided. A cast net or short seine would be found very 
useful to capture bait or a fry of fish. The cotton cast nets 
as sold in tackle stores are almost useless, and a six-foot net 
made of pilling twine will be found sufficient, If the sports-! 
"kar. 6, 1884, 
Man cannot use a cast net, he should take a lesson from a 
local fisherman in the art of castings one. Such nets can be 
purchased of better quality and cheaper in Florida than in 
the North. A new net, properiy movnted, will cost about 
one dollar per foot in length, That is to say, a net covering 
a diameter of twelye feet wiil cost $6. To handle shark, 
stingarees, kingfish and large channel basa a strong gaff is 
essential, The one I use is handy and reliable. I purchased 
ut the hardware store a tinch steelrod 5 feet long. At one 
endI had the rod bent and end welded so as to make a 
handle 34 inches by 14 inches, and at the other end a hook 
measuring 24 inches from point to shaft. With an imple- 
ment of this description the fisherman can restrain the mo- 
tions of a powerful osh more easily than with a wooden- 
handled gaff. The gaff I use is comveuient for when a 
large fish is tamed I seize the gaff with three fingers, allow- 
ing the hook to hang over the side of the boat, and play my 
fish with the forefinger and thumb until an opportunity pre- 
sents to use the galf. A gaff of this description will be 
found useful in the capture of large fish. If a few feet of 
strong line is fastened to the handle, a large fish can be 
gaffed as soon as it prounds, and two or three persons may 
seize the line and drag the captive ashore. 
Guns, ETC.—The ritle is a useful weapon for deer, bear 
and alligators. For my purposes I prefer a Winchester ,44, 
For an all-round gun for ducks, quail and beach bird shoot- 
ing, | carry a ten-bore breechloader. Owing to the action 
of salt water and air, a cheap guu should be carried, unless 
the sportsman devotes considerable time to the cure of his 
pet. Ammunition of every description can be purchased as 
cheap and of as good quality in Jacksonville as in the North. 
If desired, W. C Pitman, of this city, will load and pack 
shells on reasorable terms, 
When preparing for a cruise, I purchase a barrel of the 
best quality of pilot bread. J secure some starch or other 
small hoxes, and in them pack the bread and nail on the lids. 
The boxes are stowed forward, and are opened as required. 
Tn addition, I carry lard in four-pound tins; butter in small 
earthenware jars; Eagle brand of milk in gmail tins; equal 
parts of Rio and Java coffee, ground and packed in tins; 
sugar, pepper and salt in tins; breakfast bacon and Chicago 
canted beef, with a few bottles of chow chow, and some 
onions and potatoes. For the balance I depend on my rifle, 
gun and rod. When at home I enjoy Juxuries, but ona 
cruise I relish substantials and simple fare. Those who are 
supplied with poor grinders should carry a stock of self- 
raising flour and make bread, biscuits and slapjacks. Oat 
meal, hominy and grits will answer a good purpose for 
breakfast, and if some bacon is carried these things will be 
enjoyed by the crow. In this age of cannid goods, sports- 
men can lay in astock of luxuries, from deviled ham to 
baked beans. My experience has taught me that simple 
proyender is conducive to health, and easily prepared, 
CLorHina.—The question is often asked, ‘What kind of 
clothing shall I provide?” At times warm woolen clothing 
will prove acceptable, and at others thin summer clothing 
will be agreeable. I would advise the sportsman to pack up 
a bundle of cast-off summer, fall and winter clothing, and 
when cruising select from the stock on hand garments best 
suited to the existing temperature. The gunner and hunter 
should provide a brown canyas suit. Many who visit 
Florida supply themselves with leggings as a protection 
against rattlesnakes. JIwould neyer carry such an abomina- 
ble leg ballast, for I deem such things unnecessary. As far 
as snakes are concerned, the sportsman need have no fear, 
for in all my wanderings I have seen but one rattler, For 
my feet ] carry two pairs of pegged, broad-soled soldiers’ bro- 
gans; they are suitable for a day’s tramp in the woods, and 
excellent to wade in. On my return from fishing, if my feet 
ale wet, Lremoye my wet shoes and stockings and put on 
dry ones. For evenings and knocking about camp, a cheap, 
wide-soled pair of slippers will prove comfortable. t 
times broad-brimmed straw hats will be acceptable; and as 
they are liable to be Jost overboard, I would advise each 
member of a party to purehase four, costing about sixty 
cents. During the winter months rain seldom falls in South 
Florida, but to be ready for an emergency, an india rubber 
coat, with cap and cape, might be added to the impedi- 
menta. 
The neighborhood of Jacksonville offers but few attrac- 
tions to the sportsman, By taking the morning train on one 
of the railroads leading out of the city, and proceeding fif- 
teen or twenty miles, good quail shooting will be found, In 
November and December excellent duck shooting can be 
secured on the St. John’s River, between Reddy’s and Mill 
Cove Point. Catfish ranging from one to thirty pounds can 
be captured in numbers with rod or hand line from the 
docks. At the market dock catties do most congregate, and 
can be caught ad libitum, To those who can enjoy a long 
ull and a pull all together I would say use a bass rod and 
cane a twenty or thirty-pound catty. In McGirt’s Creek, 
three miles west of this city, large-sized bass and pickerel 
will be found; and with a good boatman from five to 
twenty, ranging from two to cight pounds, can be taken in 
a day’s fishing. At Pottsburg Oreek, three miles east of the 
city, similar sport can be secured. Mayport and Pilot Town, 
at the mouth of the St. John’s River, are distant twenty- 
three miles, amd are accessible by steamboat daily. Com- 
fortable board and accommodations wil) be found at Gul- 
bert’s or Burroughs’s, af a cost of from ten to twelve dollars 
per week. In the adjoining creeks and ponds ducks will be 
tound, and the mar-hes swarm with mud hens. On the 
beach, more especially at Talbot Island heach, birds can be 
shot. At the j-tties and on the oyster reef ia front of Pilot 
Town the rod-fisher will find ample occupation capturing 
sheephead, sea trout, grunts, yellowtails and small channel 
bass weighing from oue to ten pounds. ‘ 
West of Jacksonville, along the line of the railroad to 
Pensacola, wherever uld fields exist, excellent quail shooting 
will be found, and the rivers and lakes ave supplied with 
black bass and brim, Fishing ulong the western coast from 
Cedar Keys to Pensacola is undoubtedly gor d, but almost 
inaccessible and but little known. At Pensacola the fishing 
interest is an important one, and the amateur who is fond of 
sea fishing can arrange with the owners of fishing vessels for 
a trip to the fishing banks and engage in the capture of 
grouper and red snappers. 
St, Augustine can be reached from Jacksonville by the 
J., St, A. & H, R. Railway, or via Tucoi by the J., T. & K. 
W.R.R. We have not fished at St. Augustine for some 
years, but from information ieceived 1 am satisfied that 
sheepshead, whiting, sea trout and small channel bass can 
be captured in limited numbers. We have reason to believe 
that if the fly-fisherman would test San Sebastian Creek and 
the North Riyer be would be rewarded by the capture of 
black bass, sea trout and channel bass. Matanzas Inlet, 
few miles south of St. Augustine, can be reached by a sail- 
