Show AFTER APTER BIG SHELL FISH PEGGING DOWN IN FLORIDA WATERS A liburt that to hoth and nil 9 able alie thea Tl ie are r und and bonio some are r men anens of al selINIA A blat winter or of loreda lor lda of which vory very few sportsmen know any thiap is that of peggin pegging turtles as its they swim cloo to tho the or rot root in their sets sots or harbors in shallow arater this sport Is 1 particularly in tor fling tatIng to persons who hare have not physical strength enough to harpoon a la tarpum tar purn son dovil or saw fash ai as a light thrust will put the pe peg wg into a turtle weighing olg hinz a ton especially if it it it inserted in tho the chimed chimes of tho the carapace that being acin the particular spot for which all expert peg acra aim whon when they bavo have the opportunity iho small weapon weapons known as pegs aro fire probably tho the host best implements known for catching and holding turtle ns n they croly injure tho the shell und and can bo be handled readily pegs rage ure are to handle handl by lines from CO 60 to foot in length to prevent their being lost whon when a turtle Is struck tho the penetration part la Is a peg about toj two binl i t half hall lucios long four square squaret and tapers gradually to a it sharp point I 1 auvo known men to throw a it twelve fool foot poser pegging polo which Is usually majo ot of yellow pine says mortimer a distance of forty faal frolund strike a small object although they had to give a parabolic curve to soni son i it that distance tha the species usually pegged is a croon turtle whose whoso flesh Is worth from 25 cents to 2 a pound in new now york aej 1101 from five to eight bonts in florian Flo riJn but those who wish to enjoy tho the sport for itself can harpoon the ridley loggerhead hawks hawksbill bill and even the gigantic A general idea of tho the sport of pe mcg gina gino may way bo be obtained from ray my own owa o in a cruise lasting lusting forty eight hours I 1 was the guest of u turl ling captain aid wid ho he concluded to ie mo uso use a PC peg just to got my hand in as ho he bald said wo had two boats and two twe men in la ouch boat I 1 was a supernumerary in the captains dinkey and while bo he stood in the bow ready to patk up anything that camo came in his way I 1 took a position amidships to try and secure whatever ho he missed tho aca was as smooth tho the tra ditl dit jonal tonal mill pond and nod so clear that we could seo sea the beautiful marino marine flora dora dix alx fathoms down as clearly as if it it were in our hands after proceeding about half a mile from the sloop tho the captain called my attention to a hugo huge object lying on the water about yards ahead a leatherback loat herback turtle ho he observed in a par seo sao ma peg him 11 beckoning to the to move cautiously bo he stood erect on tho the forward thwart with his miniature mini aturo harpoon poised for a prompt throw at tho the right moment when wo we weco within lhorty feet of tho the gigantic giga atio creaturo cro aturo it awoke with a loud snort and attempted to sink to tho the bottom but it had scarcely moved ere the captain buried the peg in tho the forward chimes of the carapace sit down he be shouted to mo or bo be knocked overboard by this fellows sudden movements then thea turning to the scull nr he ordered him to keep in the wako wake of tho the turtle and not let it us by a quick change of direction til ill look out for that tho the replied just as ho he was thrown on the a stern tern sheets by tho the sadden forward movement of tho the boat Recover recovering himself promptly ho he gave tho the craft a jerk that made it almost turn on a pivot and away it wont directly behind our marino marine tug at a paco pace that was a surprise to ms for I 1 nevor never expected to see a turtle travel so rapidly that fellow follow weigh tb ton it ho he weighs a pound the captain cap observed to mo me bit bat well fetch hlo him ills words proved true for after pulling us for a mile or more our marine steed slackened ite pace so much thai that wo we wore avias scull it by hauling in tho the line as we advanced adv accod it proved to bo be a genuine monster being about twelve foot long eight feet wide figu feet thick end nearly if it not all of 2000 pounds the a captain said it was vas the largest he bad con econ in many a day ho ila placed a broken oar ever its mouth and the croat creature ure seized it with the fero ferocity elty of a bull dog dor and held bold it so tightly that wo we had bad to shoot tho the cren creature ture in order to a the tho lino line and our ilava i released those wo we snarled iway in a hurry for tho the inow tent the blood of the turtle tinged the tle water a shoal of leopard rind nurse sharks appe appeared pred as if oy magic and began bezan let curing tring tho the admal to nieces with a fury worthy of their anar o 0 te ter As wo we retired the witter water seemed to bo one mass of fine bus and so 80 great wor i s tho the numbers around tho the dead killnas kull nas that the buc buze carca carcass was lopi bobbing up and down like tho the o bob tin 00 a fishing eluo when fish flah bito bite freely wo bini tod for tho the eel set or 4 harbor harbar which green turtles were known to it may not bo generally y known that chonis of turtles havo have tho their ir own harbor to chih they relura ovary night us its regularly ai he hen ns to their boosts mid rid that each turtle bas has ili own wal Wt illow loty or burrow where it romalus whon when it Is I 1 not catine or traveling hearing A swishing ewt swI ehin in tho the water behind us wo vo looked hick and aw saw another large ehul shoat of sharks following at n racin paco pace 1 hoy Q dently looked ilon our tir craft as a u n rood good commissariat and nod were bouhl bouni to keep alongside thoy they ampro approached ached so 30 cloeo that wo could touch tho the fins flus of same with our hands but not caring to bavo hava thorn them for company tiny longer wo we killed so cral with our tho upon choto tind toro tore thorn them into shreds sand whilst thoy they were engaged in that business wo we bent to our OM mid and pulled away for dear life wo we reached tho the harbor hor bor wo we sought il fi about half limit an hour and were fortunato fortunate enough a to find flod a small I 1 heal of croon turtles feeding on tho the turtle grass maetto mar tto which h grow in tho the shallow water wo we pegged these to 0 o rapidly wo filled our boat in loss that an hour wo only tho the young or chickens or wo we bavo have secured a lond lend in it twenty minutes as tho the turtles ringed from to pounds in weight the average being about poun pounds L wo filled tho the sloop at that 11 harbor ind ret returned hoino with mth a cargo valued at aitson tan let sportsmen in se trell of now amusement try 1 turtles turtle by ull till means and they will enjoy genuino pleasure loasure loas |