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Initially Posted - 12/21/2002 :  18:40:23  Show Profile
There is a great book titled "Florida Enchantments" by Anthony Dimock.

It was written around 1900. While Slocum was circumnavigating, come to think of it.

It's about he (Mr. Dimock), and his friends...rich Wall Street guys...hunting in Florida. Florida was a vast wilderness back then. They stayed at a hunting lodge near the Snake river just north of Cape Sable.

They got around in boats rowed by "servants"..if you know what I mean. Kind of like slaves.<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

<font size=4>They kill anything and everything that moves.</font id=size4> It's tragically comical by todays standards.

There is a story about a new guy who wanted to hire the best guide. Well! That guide was for the old guard, not some newbee.

The newbee got out a rifle and shot an Osprey as it flew by. The old guard thought that was pretty cool and let him hire the best guide. WOW!

I think that if you kill an Osprey today it's "life without parol".<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

They go on an expedition to catch a manatee to take back to the zoo in NY. No kidding. Manatees were protected back then.

In the process of their humanitarian quest they kill 2 or 3 manatees. The beasts could not live through being tied up for days lying in a big row boat.

You've gotta read it. They're equipment and techniques are absolutely primitive. It's a miracle they weren't killed slogging through the underbrush.

There is also a chapter about sailing a big sharpie down the coast. I haven't read that one yet.

Enough is too much.

It's amazing how things have changed in only 100 years.

P
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