Favorite fish and fishing . andon the beach where cov-ered with water, and take to the scrub,much to the evident fear of the negro, who,I soon discovered, was very timid andsuperstitious. He started at every soundIn the still night—the puffing of a porpoisein the water or a coon or possum scurry-ing through the thick scrub or the weird cryof a night bird caused him to blench withevident fear and trembling. At the leapof a large fish, a tarpon or jewfish, thatstruck the water with a resounding splash,he whispered: ** Doctah, was dat a debblefish? It might have been, I of the Just
Favorite fish and fishing . andon the beach where cov-ered with water, and take to the scrub,much to the evident fear of the negro, who,I soon discovered, was very timid andsuperstitious. He started at every soundIn the still night—the puffing of a porpoisein the water or a coon or possum scurry-ing through the thick scrub or the weird cryof a night bird caused him to blench withevident fear and trembling. At the leapof a large fish, a tarpon or jewfish, thatstruck the water with a resounding splash,he whispered: ** Doctah, was dat a debblefish? It might have been, I of the Just then a bull alligator in the bayou ^^ ^ back of the beach emitted a terrible roar, followed by the discordant cries of all sortsof waterfowl; and, as it happened, somelarge animal, a horse or cow, or perhaps adeer, fled at our approach and crashedthrough the scrub. Altogether the varioussounds were somewhat appalling, and cal-culated to alarm and distress a more coura-geous person. At last we reached the pass, 176 ? ^1. Devils Florida Fish and Fishing and my boat, with its white canvas roofglaring In the light of the full moon, brokeon the gaze of the astonished darkey-through the trees, and as It moved this wayand that, responsive to a slight breeze. Itseemed an uncanny thing to the thoroughlyfrightened man as he moaned: O Lawd; O Lawd; dars a spook! De Spooks anddebble will sho cotch me. I wish I wasback in ole Kalntuck. Oh, doctah, I shoam frald to go back to-night. I sho sawde debbles eye shinin in de bresh, andheard de splash of his tall in de watah, allde way down. Please, sah, let me stay Inde camp till de mawnin. I saw that he was really terrified, andthat it would never do to let him attemptto return to Naples alone that night. Ac-cordingly we hobbled the mules, and I madehim a bed In the boat, where he soon wassnoring and making as loud and uncouthnoises as any debble was capable the morning I gave him a good breakfastand started him home with the mules, theh
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