Camp Life in Florida

A HANDBOOK FOR SPORTSMEN AND SETTLERS.


COMPILED BY CHARLES HALLOCK, AUTHOR OF
"THE FISHING TOURIST"
   PUBLISHED BY

FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY.

    AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, AGENTS.

       1876.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER                                              PAGE

                                                               

       PREPATORY.......................................7

I.     BIRDS-EYE GLANCE AT FLORIDA.....................16

II.    OUTFIT FOR SPORTS MEN...........................26

III.   HINTS FOR SOUTHERN HUNTING......................30

IV.    COASTWISE ROUTES OF TRAVEL......................35

V.     GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS OF FLORIDA...............41

VI.    GAME FISH OF FLORIDA............................50

VII.   THREE MONTHS IN FLORIDA FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.67

VIII.  SUPPLEMENTARY HINTS FOR CHEAP RECREATION........85

IX.    UP THE ST. JOHNS RIVER..........................92

X.     INDIAN RIVER....................................102

XI.    FLORIDA THE PROMISED LAND.......................107

XII.   FORT CAPRON.....................................113

XIII.  FISHING AT ST. AUGUSTINE........................118

XIV.   BLACK BASS FISHING ON SPRUCE CREEK..............123

XV.    HUNTING THE PANTHER.............................127

XVI.   THE ENVIRONS OF TALLAHASSEE.....................135

XVII.  PRIVATE DOUGHERTY AND THE BASS..................140

XVIII. PET BIRDS OF ST. AUGUSTINE......................145

XIX.   STEAM YACHTING ON THE ST. JOHNS.................151

XX.    AMONG THE SEMINOLES.............................179

XXI.   IN THE CYPRESS SWAMPS...........................194

XXII.  CRUISING ALONG SHORE............................201

XXIII. SHOOTING AT SALT LAKE...........................217

XXIV.  THE OKEECHOBEE EXPEDITION.......................224

XXV.   FLORIDA TRAVEL..................................253

XXVI.  HOMOSASSA-TALLAHASSEE...........................259

XXVII. SOUTH WEST FLORIDA..............................264

                    1.-Fernandina to Cedar Keys........264

                    2.-Manatee Sarasota and Gasparilla.269

                    3.-Among the Keys..................277

                    4.-Meteorology.....................284

                    5.-Punta Rassa and Caloosahatchie..291

                    6.-Up the Caloosahatchie River.....296

                    7.-Visit to Okeechobee.............305

                    8.-Indian Mounds and Canals........312

                    9.-Tampa...........................321

                   10.-Subterranean Streams............328

                   11.-A Sportsman's Paradise..........334

                   12.-Suggestions to Tourists.........343




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