F () K E S T 
A \ I) S T H E A M 
June, 1919 
J04 
“KINGFISHER” Brand, 
Braided Silk Fishing Lines 
For sale by dealers everywhere. 
The only silk line well enough known to 
be called for by its trade-mark name. 
When you purchase “KINGFISHER” 
lines, you feel you have as good as can 
be made, because “KINGFISHER” 
lines have been famous for 37 }ear:3. 
I^Iore prize-winning fish have been 
caught with “KINGFISHER” lines 
than any other, bar none, and the 
makers back up these lines every inch 
of the way. 
W'e make a line for every 'kind of 
fishing where silk lines can be used. 
Let Its knozL' zi'hat you fish for and we will send samples to select from. 
E. J. MARTINIS SONS 
Makers of “KINGFISHER” Lines 
2 Kingfisher Street Rockville, Connecticut 
VICTORY 
Has Been a Household Word Since November 
VICTORY RODS 
Have Been Supreme for 25 Years 
More backbone and lifting power for 
their weight than any similar rod made. 
FLY ROD 3 TO 7 OUNCES $20.00 
BAIT ROD 7 TO 9 OUNCES $20.00 
TARPON ROD 8 AND 12 OZ. TIPS $35.00 
COSMOPOLITAN HOOK 
“The Hook that never misses a Strike” 
Shape and Quality' is what made them famous 
TROUT 
\\ ill soon be jumping and our assortment of the needful articles is good and 
moderately priced 
SHALL WE MAIL A CATALOGUE? 
302-4 BROADWAY 
SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES 
NEW YORK 
FISHING TACKLE 
Deal Direct With the Manufacturer 
We have always set an 
inflexible standard for the 
Edward vom Hofe tackle, 
which we have been mak- 
ing since 1807. All our 
energies have gone into 
this work. 
The price you pay will 
be refunded if the goods 
are not satisfactory. Take 
your cue from the country’s best anglers and 
buy from us. 
Catalog No, JOS tent on request 
Edward vom Hofe & Company 
112 Fulton Street New York City 
X Eel3, Mink, Muskrats and 
I.SIFf^il other fur-bearing animals 
^•**^** * in large numbers, with the 
all sizes. Write for descriptive price list, and onr 
free bookleton best bait known for attracting fish. 
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And it was here that the boy made his 
mistake — he assumed that the shot had 
been a deciding one. Running pell-mell 
forward, he was upon the beast before 
he realized that it was a glancing blow 
on the side of the head. The cat was 
stunned and frightened only. When Mr. 
King came crashing through the brush, 
it was to witness John on the grouncT 
and the cat a-top of him, both rolling 
over and over under the cypress. 
The upshot of it was that the cat was 
killed by a blow from Mr. King’s gun, 
and John Jr. extricated from a rather 
sorry mess. He had protected his face 
with his arm, but his clothes were torn 
and his hands and wrists a bit lascer- 
ated. He was still tidying-up when other 
shots sounded from beyond the cypress 
where the cabbage palm hammocks be- 
gan, and when they joined forces with 
the others, they found that Hendry and 
Youman had killed three more formid- 
able, yet quite handsome cats to add to 
the bag. 
Several hours were spent in that local- 
ity, while Mr. King made his important 
observations, and the return w’as sug- 
gested, as they wished to make Chokolos- 
kee before dark. Deeply embedded in 
the muck on the far side of the pine 
island, the head of the party discovered 
a stake. It’s dim markings, 1615 No. 
12 , 3 -P.C., although hieroglyphics to the 
others, told him that here, in this vast 
lonely place, was one of the outer ram- 
parts of the Tamamai Trail. 
An incident occurred, while descending 
the river, that would have later signif- 
icance. The swifter boat passed two men 
in a flat-bottomed boat of ancient vint- 
age. They were young, as far as could 
be ascertained at that distance. One was 
in the bow, paddling, while the other 
poled from the stern seat. In dress they 
were trampish and they looked travel- 
worn, haggard, hunted. The crude “mak- 
ings” of a camp were packed in the 
bateau. 
There was no exchange of greetings, 
and Youman was particularly impressed. 
Twice that day he had bumped into 
things that annoyed and puzzled him. 
Chokoloskee was reached a half hour 
before dark and this made it possible 
for Hendry and John to seek a likely 
black bass fishing ground. The bay, of 
course, was in itself fisherman’s joy, 
but there were no less than six trib- 
utary streams, shadowed by overhang- 
ing trees, that offered great possibilities. 
They used a regulation trout rig and, 
undisturbed by even so much as a pass- 
ing skiff or power boat, the sport was 
continued for an hour, the sun descend- 
ing and finding them still at it. At one 
place, the surface of a little stream was 
all but covered by large lily pads, and 
the mangroves latticed in a triangular 
pool, at its entrance, which was an ideal 
home for the bass. They brought sev- 
enteen back to the boat and John w'as 
supremely happy and satisfied, for a 
while, at least. 
At the dock, they ran into a crowd 
of loungers who were paying tribute to 
a recently captured loggerhead turtle of 
imposing heft and size. Even out from 
Miami, John had never seen them this 
size. Two fishermen had captured this 
prize on the shore of one of the outside 
keys and had brought him up to Chok- 
