CONTENTS.

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  CHAPTER I. MAKING A FLORIDA PORT 13

  CHAPTER II. OUR LIBERAL PASSENGERS 23

  CHAPTER III. A NATIVE FLORIDIAN 33

  CHAPTER IV. A TRIP UP THE SAN SEBASTIAN 43

  CHAPTER V. SAVED FROM THE BURNING HOUSE 53

  CHAPTER VI. MOONLIGHT AND MUSIC ON BOARD 63

  CHAPTER VII. THE ENEMY IN A NEW BUSINESS 73

  CHAPTER VIII. A DISAGREEABLE ROOM-MATE 83

  CHAPTER IX. A BATTLE WITH THE SERPENT 93

  CHAPTER X. THE FELLOW IN THE LOCK-UP 103

  CHAPTER XI. THE HON. PARDON TIFFANY'S WARNING 113

  CHAPTER XII. SUGGESTIONS OF ANOTHER CONSPIRACY 123

  CHAPTER XIII. MR. COBBINGTON AND HIS PET RATTLESNAKE 133

  CHAPTER XIV. THE EXCURSION TO FORT GEORGE ISLAND 143

  CHAPTER XV. A WAR OF WORDS 153

  CHAPTER XVI. GRIFFIN LEEDS AT A DISCOUNT 163

  CHAPTER XVII. POOR GRIFF AND HIS COUNSEL 173

  CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXCURSION TO MANDARIN 183

  CHAPTER XIX. THE ADVENTURES OF AN INVALID 193

  CHAPTER XX. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF DEPARTURE 203

  CHAPTER XXI. A VISIT TO ORANGE PARK 213

  CHAPTER XXII. FISHING IN DOCTOR'S LAKE 223

  CHAPTER XXIII. TROLLING FOR BLACK BASS 233

  CHAPTER XXIV. GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND GOVERNOR'S CREEK 243

  CHAPTER XXV. ALLIGATOR-SHOOTING ON BLACK CREEK 253

  CHAPTER XXVI. ON BOARD OF THE WETUMPKA 263

  CHAPTER XXVII. UP THE OCKLAWAHA TO LAKE GRIFFIN 273

  CHAPTER XXVIII. AN EXPEDITION TO INDIAN RIVER 283

  CHAPTER XXIX. A MYSTERIOUS SHOT 293

  CHAPTER XXX. SHOOTING IN THE FOREST AND BEING SHOT 303

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