Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . pes are very delicate and seldomHve any length of time when removed from their sunny homes. If azoological park is built upon clay the antelopes and other tropical animalsnever live long. There seems to be a dampness or chill which proves fatalto them. The famous Hamburg park in Germany is built on sandy soil andnumbers of tropical animals live there comfortably. FISHING FOR THE SILVER KINGFrom a sportsmans point of view, the finest salt water fish is the SilverKing—the giant Tarpon of Florida. The Pacific coast claims a big fellow,called the Tun
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . pes are very delicate and seldomHve any length of time when removed from their sunny homes. If azoological park is built upon clay the antelopes and other tropical animalsnever live long. There seems to be a dampness or chill which proves fatalto them. The famous Hamburg park in Germany is built on sandy soil andnumbers of tropical animals live there comfortably. FISHING FOR THE SILVER KINGFrom a sportsmans point of view, the finest salt water fish is the SilverKing—the giant Tarpon of Florida. The Pacific coast claims a big fellow,called the Tuna, which runs the tarpon very close in the matter of strength,size and never-say-die sort of pluck. While wc were in camp on the coast of Florida we had a chance to showour skill with rod and reel. Among our party was a Spanish boy who knewmore about tarpon than anyone we had met. One cloudless still morninga member of our party went out with the Spanish boy to see him tacklethe great fish. After waiting an hour or more, he got a strike. The. boy was using a heavy hand line and it proved to be no light task to bringthe fish in. The fish thought nothing of towing the skiff along at a livelyclip. At other times it wouW come so close that it could be seen skimmingalong the side of the boat just a few feet below the surface. This fish wasevidently not going to give in without a desperate struggle, for tarpon are notbuilt that w^ay. After a long and stubborn fight, however, the fish wasfinally conquered, killed and dragged safely aboard the skiff. It weighedconsiderably over one hundred pounds. The next day we had a chance to show what we could do. We hadprovided ourselves with the very best tackle that money could buy, and we weremuch relieved to hear the Spanish guide pronounce it good, after he hadexamined every inch of it. It all looked so terribly new and shiny that we hadhad grave doubts. The course of our hunt was practically the same as onthe previous day. This time we had
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