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14 
FOREST AND STREAM 
January, 1919 
By W. LIVINGSTON LARNED 
M r. king and His Party Continue 
Their Trip Along the Florida 
West Coast, Hunting and Fishing, as 
Occasion Permits. They Near the Egret 
Rookeries and Meet Up with Johnny 
Billy, the Seminole Brave, Who Escorts 
Them to Dr. Cypress Tiger’s Abandoned 
Farm Up Lossman’s River. 
F '"T^ARP0N lake is a very famous body of 
I water, for, while it is no more than four 
miles long and two wide, its placid six 
feet of wonderfully clear fishing ground is the 
^ V ^ abiding place of finny record-breakers. It is 
really a continuation of White Water Bay and 
is therefore tanged with salt. Shrewd ex- 
ponents of the rod and reel revel in the marvels of this mystic 
lake, bordered on all sides by very beautiful natural scenery. 
Since Harney River is the main southern outlet of the Ever- 
glades, the Gulfward trend brings with it much of the interior 
tropic grandeur. There is a fiow, at times, of easily fifty feet 
per minute as the clear, fresh water runs to meet the salt. And, 
farther down, at the mouth of the Harney, with Shark River op- 
posite, the mangroves separate into myriads of islands. During the 
stormy period, as Gulf hurricanes sweep madly up the two streams, 
these thicket isles are awash, the tide varying from * 
three to four feet. It rises to six feet, under stress of 
wind and wave, whereupon the little shoals and island 
beaches, composed of marl, sluiced down by the endless 
wash of the rivers, are concealed from sight. 
Tarpon Lake is tarpon paradise for fishermen. 
Monsters are caught there, and there are nearly always 
fishing crafts tucked away under the cool shadows of 
the mangroves. Our Gulf voyagers were fortunate in 
