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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