Florida Enchantments (Paperback)

FLORIDA ENCHANTMENTS REVISED EDITION By A. W. DIMOCK ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY JULIAN A. DIMOCK A. W. Dimocfc Paekamose, N. Y. 1915 The trees stand like ghosts in th Iteavy mortimjf Set ckapttr IB 1 Copyright, 1908, by OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY Copyright, 1915, by A. W. DIMOCK AH rights reserved For permission to republish mxieh of the material to Florida En chantments the author is indebted to Appktons, 1 h Century, Country Life w America, TfarjMt ine, Harpers WwHy, Outing, K creation lUwtratttd London London Country Life and PaH Matt Magazine. THE CAMP FIRE CLUB OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I HOMQSASSA THE BEAUTIFUL ....... 3 II CRUISING ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA . . .17 III THE CAPTURE OF THE MANATEE ..... 39 IV THE CHASE OF THE DOLPHIN ...... 63 V MAKERS OF MOONSHINE v ....... 77 VI THE FLORIDA CROCODILE ........ 80 VII SALT WATER FLY-FISHING ....... 103 VIII THE PASSING OF THE FLORIDA ALLIGATOR, . . .115 IX TUB BEE HUNTER ......... 129 X PHOTOGRAPHING A SAWFISH ....... 141 XI A FLORIDA FAMILYS PICNIC ...... 151 XII TARPON FISHING .......... 161 XIII TUB TARPON AND THE SHARK ...... 177 XIV A SQUARE DEAL .......... 101 XV Lin IN A BIRD ROOKERY ....... 20S XVI CROSSING THB EVBEGLADKS IN A POWER BOAT, .215 XVII A TRIP THAT FAILED ......... 381 XVIII TURKEY TRACKS IN THE BIG CYPRESS .... 253 XIX Aw ALLIGATOR HUNTEJR IN THE MAKING, , 265 XX YACHTING IN A CANOE ........ 277 XXI A FIGHT WITH A Dra- isa ...... 295 XXII Ti LAY OF tn LOOGBEHBAD XXIII TAR OK AJTO TUB XXIV ILLUSTRATIONS The trees stand like ghosts in the heavy morning mist . . Frontispiece FACING PAGB At the approach of our boat the alligator tumbled into the water . . 4 Au alligator at home ......... 8 The sunsetwan magnificent ........ 12 The conventional houseboat, with every convenience from a chef to a canary ., . . . ., . ., 0 Becalmed in the emerald waters of the Bay of Florida, . . . 0 The fishermans bete noir ......... 4 The lay of the loggerhead ......... 4 Shell mounds of Aborigine antecedents, flanked by cocoa and date palms . A sudden diish of the creature nearly swamps us . . . .40 The powerful tail lifts the skiff 40 He drags UM Into the mangroves ........ 48 View of bade-looking forward ....... 48 Head of Manatee, Strange creatures, as shapely as a fattened pig . . 52 The flippers are of iwe to gather grass within reach of the mouth . . 66 Tussock Key. A haunt of the Manatee on Harneys liiver . .,68 When the Dolphin is struck, there is a mighty splash in the water . . 64 The kiif m forthwith towed at high speed 64 OuflVd and pulled to the side of the skiff 64 Trying to get him aboard head first. He is too heavy for that method . 68 Tail first is a better way of gettiwg him into the boat, . . .68 Jut landed and all in ., . . 68 Traversing a vast swamp. A custard apple tree in the foreground, 78 Making JVloonshino The cover, deftly fashioned from a huge cypress stump, converts the kettle into a retort . ., .80 A watchful eye w kept on the tiny trickle of the potent product . 80 FroqiiMit tests of the finished article seemed necessary ., . . 8 Bunpiekms of strangers, tho xnoonsbinen are always .., , .. p . repare, d for . emer-8 witlt strands of cypress -, , 84 Tim sroeodito on his slide, taMng a sun-bath 00 Coating out of his cave t, ., 0 TU Illustrations Taking the crocodile into the skiff 94 Caught in a turtle net 94 1 Jumping at the camera-man. 2 Awkward navigation. 3 Home wardbound 96 The head of the Crocodile 1 Top view showing the lower teeth pro jecting through upper jaw. Lower jaw and throat. 3 Head in action camera within four feet ...... 98 From the beach at Gasparilla Pass we used the fly-rods . . . .104 In proportion to size, the Lady-fish will discount any other fish in exist ence for pyrotechnics ...........