day he succeeded in boating only two 
out of nineteen fish. As a rule, I start 
in strong, and wind up with the 
boobies. But it is not always the fish 
you land that gives you the thrill that 
lasts. One hour before I reeled in my 
line for the last time on Friday night, 
I hooked a dainty little five footer, 
out in the white water, at the end of 
the north jetty, and he gave me a 
joyous battle. He would run in on me, 
despite all I could do, and he jumped 
as if he had been on a diet of steel 
springs all his life. Seven times he 
left the water, twice clearing the sur- 
fact for six feet or more, and finally, 
popping up right under the stern of 
the skiff, threw the hook ‘directly in 
my face. He certainly was a sporting 
proposition, and I trust that some day 
we shall meet again. 
In the Panuco, the tarpon bite only 
in the afternoon, but the big fellows 
at Aransas appear to be always 
hungry, and one is liable to get a 
strike at any time between eight and 
six. Mr. Vance and his friend, the 
Captain, who have fished the Pass 
year, after year, for nearly a quarter 
of a century, consider the late morn- 
ing hours the best. Fisher Jones, of 
New York, caught the prize fish of 
the season of 1923 in the middle of 
the afternoon. Despite the fact that 
a giant shark engulfed the seven foot 
tidbit at two mouthfuls, ten minutes 
after it had been pulled up to the boat, 
Jones insists that 3 P. M. is the hour 
_ for him. 
Business called me home on Satur- 
day, and Dick accompanied me, but 
Mr. De Lano remained for one more 
day. He put in the greater part of 
the morning playing a six foot tarpon 
with a nine thread line, and a light 
steel bass casting red. He insists that 
time was all he needed, but I fear that 
if the fish had not decamped with six 
hundred feet of “Invincible” string, 
my young friend would be fighting him 
yet. 
The initiation of Raymond is now a 
matter of history, and next year he 
will return to his many friends and 
admirers at Aransas, a_ skilled and 
seasoned veteran. 

“TAKING THE AIR” 
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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 

D AYS of delightful The TEAMER is your 
cruising over blue Island hotel for the entire 
tropic seas; wonderful cruise from New York to 
hours rambling through of and around Porto Rico 
the streets of quaint Enchantment touching at interesting 
cities; intimate glimpses ports and return to New 
of native old-world life 16-DAY York. Spacious state- 
and customs; harbors CRUISE rooms, some with private 
where skimming lateen bath. Attractive social 
boats dart in and out, All Expenses halls. Delicious meals. A 
where graceful Moorish $150 sailing every Saturday. 
buildings nestle on palm Write for illustrated lit- 
fringed shores. and up erature. 
Porto Rico Line 

THE A LASKA, OF 
A fleet of seagoing Diesel yachts is now available for 
charter to discriminating sportsmen who want the best. 
No money was spared in the construction of these ships 
in which the requirements of big game hunters were 
considered and embodied. These expedition vessels are 
the first on the Pacific to be equipped with non-roll 
Gyro stabilizers, which practically eliminate all roll, 
and many other features of value to the sportsmen were 
embodied. We do not make up parties, but charter 
direct to individuals or parties already organized. 
Now is the time to arrange for 
your 1924 Alaska or Arctic 
big game expedition 
THREE EXPEDITIONS 
Spring—Great Kadiak Bear—60 to 90 
days. 
Fall—Horned Game—60 to 90 days. 
Arctic Hunt for Whaling Polar Bears, 
Walrus, etc.—Leave Seattle early spring 
—gone 5 to 5 months. 
We give every assistance in arranging your itinerary, 
and for guides, packers and provisions; competent and 
courteous officers and crew are at your command. 
During term of charter the ship is yours to go where 
you like, when you like—for a spring hunt for the great 
Kadiak brown bear, the largest carnivorous animals on 
earth, or for the Alaska grizzlies and brown bears. In 
the fall you can hunt moose, white sheep, caribou, 
goats, wolves, ete. The Arctie offers you polar bear, 
walrus and the wonderful sport of whaling. 
We recommend that our boats be contracted for 
months in advance.. 
We outfit in Seattle, 
touched by steamers. 
Only one vessel now remaining unchartered for 1924, 
so hurry if you want her. 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONS ASS’N 
K. H. SCHEEL, Mgr. 
SEATTLE, WASH. 
and go to remote places not 
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WHY NOT 
terflies, 
kinds for collections. 
$7 each, 
instructions, 
10¢ 
prospectus before sending butterflies. 


25 Broadway, N.Y. 

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Belle Isle Plantation a Southern Winter Home 
For Sale, Lease or visiting Sportsmen. On Winyah Bay, 
five miles from Georgetown, S. C., reached by land or 
water. One of the most picturesque plantations on the 
Carolina Coast, five thousand three hundred acres 
(5,300). Great live oaks hung with Spanish moss, an 
avenue of Japonicas, Azaleas and Yellow Jessamine. 
Some of the best hunting in the Santee River section 
for Deer, Turkey, Ducks, Quail, and other small game. 
Accommodations for Ladies and Gentlemen. For full 
particulars address F. E. JOHNSTONE, P. O. Box 533, 
Georgetown, South Carolina. 
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TWIN BROOK GAME FARM 
OFFERS 
Trained Decoys and Callers for Sportsmen. 
Pheasants and Partridge for Game Preserves. 
Fifty species of Pheasants, Ducks, Geese, 
Peafowl and Swan for the estate and park. 
Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. 
0. W. HOLTON, Owner, Dox 434, Middletown,N. J. 
spend Spring, Summer 
and Fall gathering but- 
insects? I buy hundreds of 
Some worth $1 to 
Simple outdoor work with my 
pictures, price-list. Send 
for my Illustrated 

(not stamps) 
Mr. Sinclair, Dealer in Insects, Dept. 9, Ocean Park, Calif. 
. WILD RICE 
BRINGS the DUCKS 
Plant soon as waters open to 
provide natural food to at- 
tract them next fall. Ter- 
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planting information—prices. 
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Dept. H-260, Oshkosh, Wis. 


NEWFOUNDLAND 
A Country of Fish and Game 
A Paradise for the Camper and Angler 
Ideal Canoe Trips 
The country traversed by the System of the Newfoundland Government Railway is exceedingly rich in 
all kinds of Fish and Game. 
Trout fishing, also Caribou barrens. 
All along the route of the Railway are streams famous for their Salmon and 
Americans who have been fishing and hunting in Newfoundland 
say there is no other country in the world in which so good fishing and hunting can be secured and with 
such ease as in Newfoundland. 
forwarded upon application to 
Information, together with illustrated Booklet and Folder, cheerfully 
F. E. PITTMAN, General Passenger Agent, 
Newfoundland Government Railway 
St. John’s, Newfoundland 
It will identify you, 
