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Title: Favorite fish and fishing
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Henshall, James A. (James Alexander), 1836-1925
Subjects: Fishing
Publisher: New York, The Outing publishing company
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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sh and Fishing tail propeller In her eagerness to reachdeeper water was amusing, but not the lessremarkable. I could observe her plainlyfor a hundred yards, and when she at lastdisappeared in deep water she was still hug-ging her calves. Once at Mullet Key, in Tampa Bay, aman at the quarantine station shot a por-poise that was floundering in the water. Isaw that it was about dead, and procuringa boat I towed it ashore. It was a femaleand seemed to be gravid. I performed thecsesarian operation and found a single babyporpoise nearly two feet long. It was abeautiful animal, the upper half being slatecolor and the lower half a fine rosy pink.It was sent with other specimens to Wash-ington and a cast made of It. Another day while sailing in BarnesSound we ran across three manatees feedingon a plant resembling eel grass. As we keptvery quiet we were almost upon them be-fore they discovered the boat—then theystood not on the order of going, but wentat once, and went in a hurry. The wakei66
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Florida Fish and Fishing they left In the shallow water was equal tothat of a large steam tug. For such un-gainly looking creatures—the body nearlyas large as that of a horse—they wereremarkably active In escaping, but made afearful fuss In doing so. I had severaltimes seen manatees In the St. Lucie River,a tributary of Indian River, but nowhereelse, and was much surprised to find themin Barnes Sound. About BIscayne Bay the angler will find Angling Alongfishing for large-mouth black bass, bream. Keysetc., on Miami River, and at Arch Creekabove, and Snapper Creek below. For salt-water fishing he will have all he can attendto at almost any of the Inlets and passesbetween the keys from Cape Florida toBahia Honda. Among the best are BearCut, Caesars Creek, Angelfish Creek, andthe channels between Rodriguez, Tavenler,Long, Indian, Mattecumbe, Vaccas andother keys. He will find the various chan-nel fishes, and groupers, snappers, cavalli,kingfish, cero, etc., In addition to ladyfish,ten

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