Excerpt from Sunshine and Sport in Florida and the West IndiesOne aim Of this book is to set before the English angler, with some details not, I think, previously published, the practical and descriptive aspects of the increasingly popular holiday among the leaping tarpon of the Florida passes. As Of yore, fishing was the pole-star of eleven thousand miles Of travel, and when I contemplate the suggested possibility of this passion dying with the rest as the years grow, I am reminded Of the fervour with which the good St Augustine, praying for continency, added, but not yet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.