CONTENTS
- THE CHUMS [1]
- DICK GOES TO SEA [15]
- LIFE ON A SPONGER [27]
- CAUGHT IN A WATERSPOUT [38]
- OUTFITTING FOR THE HUNT [51]
- DICK'S HUNT FOR HIS CHUM [61]
- THE MEETING IN THE GLADES [76]
- OLD DREAMS REALIZED [93]
- THE CAPTURE OF THE MANATEE [108]
- HARPOONING FROM A CANOE [123]
- GHOSTS AND ALLIGATORS [129]
- HUNTING IN HARNEY'S RIVER [136]
- EDUCATING AN ALLIGATOR [150]
- ENCOUNTER WITH OUTLAWS [157]
- DICK AND THE BEAR [165]
- IN THE CROCODILE COUNTRY [171]
- AMONG THE SEMINOLES [183]
- DICK'S WILDCAT AND OTHER WILD THINGS [195]
- A PRAIRIE ON FIRE [209]
- DICK'S FIGHT WITH A PANTHER [219]
- CONVALESCENCE AND CATASTROPHE [234]
- THE RESCUE [245]
- MOLLY AND THE MANATEE [258]
- TO THE GLADES IN THE "IRENE" [271]
- IN FLORIDA BAY [286]
- MADEIRA HAMMOCK AND--THE END [297]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[MAP SHOWING DICK'S CRUISE IN A CANOE]
["DICK HUNTED ALL THE TURTLES HE SAW"]
["A SILVERY, TWISTING BODY SHOT TEN FEET IN THE AIR"]
["WE'VE GOTTER HAVE ONE OF THEM YOUNG TURKS IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT"]
["THE SEMINOLE WAS STANDING IN HIS CANOE LOOKING FIXEDLY AT US"]
["HE FOUND DICK STANDING IN WATER SHOULDER DEEP, HANGING ON TO THE FLIPPER OF THE MANATEE"]
["THE STRICKEN TARPON LEAPED SIX FEET IN THE AIR"]
["THE TARPON BEGAN A SERIES OF LEAPS"]
["GROUPS OF TALL PALMETTOS, OR MAGNIFICENT TALL PALMS"]
["HE HELD THE JAWS OF THE 'GATOR SHUT, WHILE DICK SEIZED THE HIND LEGS OF THE REPTILE"]
["THE TARPON LEAPED AGAINST NED WITH FURY"]
["OUT CAME THE REPTILE'S HEAD FROM THE CAVE"]
["SEE THE BABY 'GATOR SIT UP, NED!"]
["THERE GOES YOUR PET. THAT'S THE LAST OF HIM"]
["A FEW OF THE HOMELESS BEES LIT ON THE COMB"]
["ALL BEYOND THE DARK MEADOW WAS A LIVING MASS"]
["THE BARB CAUGHT IN THE REPTILE'S LOWER JAW"]
["THE COON SCRAMBLED TO THE TOP OF A LITTLE TREE"]
["HE SAW THE GENTLY SWAYING HEAD AND THE LIGHTNING FLAY OF THE FORKED TONGUE"]
["NED FOUND A GOOD CAMPING SITE MARKED BY A FREAK PALMETTO"]
["THE LYNX SPRANG INTO THE CANOE AND SEIZED ONE OF THE FISH"]
["PORPOISES ROLLED THEIR BACKS OUT OF THE WATER"]
["THE HARD, POINTED HEAD OF THE BIG TARPON TORE THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAGILE CANOE"]
["THE INDIGNANT BIRD PUNCHED HOLES THROUGH HIS HAT"]
["THE LIGHT FROM THE BULL'S EYE SHOWED THE HEAD AND BODY OF THE REPTILE"]
["SLOWLY LIFTING HIS HUGE HEAD OVER THE SIDE OF THE SKIFF"]
["YOUNG HERONS SPREAD WINGS AND STRETCHED LONG LEGS AS THEY FLED"]
["THEY SAW A CROCODILE SWIMMING UNDER WATER NEAR THEM"]
["THE HARPOON STRUCK THE FISH IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BROAD BACK"]
["SIXTEEN FEET OF FIERCENESS LAY STRANDED ON THE BANK"]
["THEY HAULED THE HEAD OF THE BRUTE OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT"]
["HE TOOK THE BABY CROCODILE IN HIS ARMS"]