is an old house on Hookers Point. It was built 
By a man named Atwater. No one had been living 
in the Atwater house for seven years and papa 
thought he would cane to live there for the rent 
was only five dollars, and it was a lcdCjB^ 
house. One of the large rooms had a fireplace 
in it. We hired a man to take out?' goods there 
with ox team, we came with a boat and landed at 
Barrack’s ,7harf. There v/ere orange, lemon 
and guava trees around the house. 
Our neighbords were Mr. Barrick, Mr. 
Robinson, and Mr. Bewy. We could go fishing 
in the cutoff and catch redfish. A redfish is 
a kind of fish that looked pink when you first 
caught them. They were very strong and sometimes 
they weigh 50 pounds. The cutoff was between 
Sneads Isl. and the mainland, and it was about 50 
feet across the mouth. It opened into ^erecie 
Bay. Teredo Bay v/as an am of Tampa Bay. 
One day Mr. Robinson told papa that we could 
cabch sheepshead across the river at Pafasola. 
One day we went fishing over there and caught 
IB sheepshead, a sheepshead has a head just like 
a sheep head. It has strong teeth like a sheeps 
teeth. One day we went fishing off Hookers Point 
and^caught 2 nice trout. I always felt something 
Biting at my line. I had a big hook but I caught 
a little grunt. A grunt is a kind of fish that 
grunts when you catch it. 
