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T r U jr And be sahi unto Simon Put out into Inlo the p and ond let town down wn your OUT nets nels for tor a u draught And wb o. o they had ball this done they h l closed a gr t multitude of fishes und and tI Ir nets net vr W y-e y r breaking and and th they beckoned un unto their partner m tn the outer other boat that that they should hould come como and help them Amo Among G the koyi koJI t tl those o oge c sandy sanay flat fiat often tIa which fringe the wc west went tl coast of the tho 1 Florida peninsula where the the tides from th tho Gulf ulf of Mexico strongly between sand nand bars bare and aid among tortuous many n u a great groat multitude multi multi- multitude tude tudo of fishes driven Ir ven n by MOine strange recurrent Instinct cf cC migration passes at certain seasons of the year northward This Thia wealth of tho the eca sea Ile I I seemingly in In- In exhaustible Co Colette of 1 pounds of fish flah are known known to have hav been made In Inu Ina u IL night by a 1 ae angl crew thousands of pound are taken on every evry tide from the great groat treasure r H of or nature and yot Yet during a a certain period In the tho fall when the fish bunch butch as s the Ute expression ex ex- sate the fi hormen tl are arc com corn comp compelled p yelled lIed to discard their th r heavy s fo for tor forthe r the still till heavier or fear that thai the c mea hru may mav be broken by the u e of their bl hauls baula ull AU alOng them them- cJ difficult r cult coats coAst wh where when the Ie pine forests mingle with the halm proven groves ou on th the edge of quicksand an anqua and nd qua Ire morasses an anT and T lCd y swamps wh where lt the flamingo Cr crane nc an and tr 1 pelican h ha lea w f f d for tor themselves 8 from m Immemorial time Um there dwells dwella a a apar par sparsely I spread cad race rael of sailors skilled to tono tono tono no other oUter trade trod save anve v th the sea ea only who are acquainted with eve every sounding Bounding amoni among the keys Ic both loth at it low and I n l ht highwater high h hw w water ter and with nil all tho o deep water walor haunts haunts- mul ul t and mackerel I He Ie f Det Pass Pass-a Pass a Grille John Joi Johns Johns' awl and Cola Passes S Wh ro Immon of or B gulf gult wa water ate r sweep through the narrow strait d tra eta Into Tampa bay bRy the Ole urn carry prodigious ro ous of fish and It 11 IB Is from these thole regions that the Ole f sh h I bous which control the the- trade l nd fl out V v in n ck i un tut unfailing g supply i lee loe to U cities of or the tho south from Crom those of Alabama to the borders border of the Caro- Caro Unal Swells Swell's t f sh h I bad ad d r reached achoo Captain Cl Puss Pusa Ute l. n the day camp camp at et Johns six l liD an almost almost al- al after wading for Tor n The II fishermen le shore hore most Impassable ha had 1 sot ot out th their lr n need even evening somewhere some t-de t high the h where re among the k on and 8 since nce it wa w. was essential J that the c fish 7 t tide should hould be bo hauled In Sn OB on Un low the fl first r t o or r during durins cur would occur which o second hour l before th lia dar dW the they to ton loat o U Uno t the ther r return in III ng n no trao after after- lined th e into U tho half down hIS bert which t a tt Ulterior of or Ih u pile built of pp 5 few huffs fuff wore were rt camp ech sad and th thur rr ot of deaUlt desUltorY ry sleepers perA was wa s or of the tha the this the he sole that large took dook of DC the onous licking comman com com- fire arc an p COW we c man mon to mo most t animal anima wh wn which ch in it a larr r gr returned them thero have huYo r lv rS have lo lot lost t rA an and d traveler men n me measure ur- ur urto to caf m rea- rea r those who rc lJ S 11 less q tance to 01 nl acee I 1 Sie son lora on than to ah an are arc o Y their chr rr TheM Tn weather ather gr The Th e then those of oC time p pT ere ce and linS ed led d when first t of Ole iKe three threet was WM s e a and n ed r asp a i I as If by and R II a AnI b be l rw e h- h hof of e came ame from eat lit m d had erod adY litt which Q match t fella t tl of t the e f clock JOCK po- po hands handa that the Ihl which 1 ha d after AHer I. a the hour one 11 minute out w been Macon appointed o for lor the setting tUn the Ii- Ii s II r flung nunS on our Clot eIt nfl h h train y y 1 men Wren and long d d cone coat tn Of I ol tt and j after ler a s sand 1 cup up of cf coffee each cock made over a fire which had been prep prepared ed b by the camp cook wo stepped d carefully aloe along g the slippery slippery- plan which had been laid 1 upon the piles and Into th the naphtha launch which was to convey ua us us' us to the place among tho keys where tho fishing boats bOa had been anchored oti ott the preceding day after lh the nets eta had lad been laid down The sun suri had gone down unseen In a 11 aI I dreary storm torm of ot rain and though It U was 1 full moots only the faintest light was wile diffused through the blanket of dense deme fog rog which hung over the face tace of the sea Nothing could be Fenn e n. n but after a pre pro hissing and sputtering tho the engine en en- en gine got down Blown to UH Its work and th the launch began to move Upon the thc bow stood two of the fishermen with poling oars oars- that 1 le Is to say eay ay oars of double length with a thin cut clear-cut blade wherewith the they gave the tho launch guidance and addi tonal propulsion by pre pressing them Against the bottom Throughout hout the entire entire en en- tire area ara of or the sea lien In which the ke keys are lt scattered att lOd the water is la little more than f net feet doc door deep p rising to seven on on the high tide with the exception of or a num num- h her ber r Of r deep holes' holes off varIous varIous- islands whither the tf fish lh go when the water falls lower than than- Thus Thul a raising of a 0 fe few fret feet et over r tho the urea area of oC this zone cone would I i I y a ad add many thousands of acres t to the ie marsh lands of ot Florida u. u In consequence of Dr this sand nd ha gala bars were wert numerous and the passage of the launch soon Boon assumed a al sag ale 6 sag dirc ton through the fog as the lookout man poling ol on the bow beau shouted starboard port port astern or sand Baud bars ahead with scarcely an In tn- tn The Thra fog tog camo came down mo more toward to tOo to- ward morning and after art r whop seemed en an n l' l rambling Q through the theun un known for mi Iola hour and a a. half halt the la launch och suddenly came to a halt Poes Doess any anyone one know where we VO are o nuked naked k d the Ute c captain I think that was wn Turtle Crawl sold a d n trio big Swede Swed pointing to one portion of ot th the enveloping mist mint which appeared appeared- to be- be beIn In n. n no w wIse different from the test rest ft it Ito blowing from the northwest sold said another cr h rc is 6 the the- northwest you blamed tool toolY said d JI a third Thoy chaffed hart d one another nother for tor a while I It t had grown perceptibly brighter and a a. diffused brilliancy of or the palest pink which seemed to td come from no Quarter In particular Indicated n that the sun flun was war about to run The captain cursed gently in an even n voice for w we wn w were ore late the tide was laP rs sing rising and the haul would b be lexa Suddenly th thorn thero was wan heart heard close closer at at hand land the hoarse cr screaming of ot a It loon and then all aU at t once one after arter I 1 without Intermission came lame the flop g flop nop-flop- I I ping of or fish flah leaping In the water We tive I w were t are rl in the tho middle of a lL school of or mul mul- let Immediately lItel came ame two pelicans Just lust vial visible h 1 e In the fog whirling over the launch Suddenly the engine began to lo thresh and ao at r We Ve were away again In its relate coins to up up wild sells one of thee the sailor Vo We W were wert going gong at full rull speed now certain as iv it t emt seemed scorned d. d of our direction and sure enough a a. moment later thee the sun nun un burst burnt tram from a bank of c clouds ouda rolling roiling up the mitts mit like Uke a window shade had and the low law shore abort of Turtle Crawl appeared ahead I i with with tho tive long line of perks corks indicating i where wham th the n. n nets alto ha had b been sot down clown on oni i the preceding p pw evening Without error or law 5 flair we wc had been broU brought ht to our nur dos dos- f IO by hy a combination of or those tho InI In- In n- n I sen genera rs of space apace a and d weather ch the seafarer Immediately which 1 P It- th that t v. tb the launch launo reached th the n nit t th the sailors 1 Into the s sea a a which was wasy knee of this point and neS S coma com- com 1 d K them tom ni toward the tb shore hor w. w 0 J 7 c J y Y YS S t d f r n f r 2 v A 4 CAR aSP T i Th There r Rr ere I tit 0 kinds nettIng n and 6 net I I of netting stop atop more the tho trig Ing In n rno more former fortner beIng be- be larger h and bringing much Ugh it Kul the Iho a c tn numb ol of or of men The a 11 lore larger from III au pets boats tape tak ott each 1 20 da In lt length o of w which filch l Id it If rn meant tu and bOL between wen deep dep A d 40 and full tull Q la 11 three mesh stretched to Its It the foi C thy thym tr r bars ar Which s and each of tam i th e m Is surround and con con- I 1 talus lne which ch pre re an luck ant and a half The as' as yards yard Stronger and lar larger n Len Or are ure m mesh khas es In n The and from Ol 00 to I. I O wIth eavy leads nets are hung the b tom which keep them of at the on sea i ilea IY ss ot of the tho t h Preventing ab u 00 of ot flab Jn-d Jn kach ach net Det c co lead coa of th thi U to a i FP Upon n the a taps tops toga w Whereby th-t th are aro a row of ot lai jar ga corks kept corce of at the live lne water and sin PO o mu much ch faculty Since o 1 the then oil only cur for tor r T and a nr th h hen ha only current wind way thc tho t riSi fW l or wind in anti at lh the la top p as all y held weft en we n. n th at water wate the bottom or of land a high Use In sir IT nets or sewn are arc put fun down on pullet reft eat Ul M at of water k Stop d tb netting is tord lowing p n q d f m In manner Tb rh m th the tol- tol ermen selects the Q of the th f fah- fah h- h ut at which Jl tn ht he o Intend too the e ore the j to w fish h- h coasts cot of the tho hA All A among hey kev deep places lac whither t the there fC hC reset exist Cerl certain n tide lIdl HT Upon n the tho f resort at t low their ther high lid tide lid tn th the boat boata Rear gear u and rt d g KO go Out but down the Joined to pets net arc a laid mHo or two of f shore bore another r along a away tram froth the about JOe beach IO ton U Une Uno ne the At either elther end of t tILe e lag la f In the nets beta are fed with thus Ua 11 10 los i the Center r ot of the apace the thu a 41 fIa W I II go CO at low tide w ter wh pe the s an and deeper r M L Jk s- s I opts nets have been laid down dotan Thus b by the time the tho operation has bas been concluded a a. sort tOTt of or marine corral has been blen torm formed d two miles by yards in 10 which aro thousands of fah shut hUl In In- In between tho the nets riet and the land rand But Dut owing to lo the I of the place of confinement they are Ilfe an as yet et In Ignorance of their danger In fact sO long Jong as ua the tide Is is' is high they remain perfectly secure But Jut In the morning morning- whoa when the fishermen fisher men mep arrive upon low tide th the fish jEh have boon driven from tho the shallow portions I of 01 their Inclosure into the tha sleep deep 1 pool which forms the center Now tho the lon log lonor Ions lines of or nets on either cither vide tilde of this pool are re dl disconnected and the tl fishermen ex extend extend ex- ex extend tend t the he ends of the thc deep nets nota surrounding sur sur- roul rounding ding tho Ihn pool toward tho the shore orl In Inthis this way M inclosing their catch within an over contracting zone while the remaining remainIng remaining remain remain- ing nets net having served their purpose remain useless upon the water In this thin Instance utter after th the ends nd of the deep nets net have been disconnected and hauled to the shorn shore a was waa rl rigged cd up to form torm the base or diameter r of or tho irregular ellipse now perhaps fett fettIn In tn each direction that surrounded the deep pool where lay the thc unknown contents contenta contents con con- tents tenta of th the tho nights night's catch of at this Inclosure a second boundary was laid down consisting of ot the heavier heavier ler Jn so 0 that In case any unusual weight of flap fish might break uk the stop top nets tho se nos would retain the c capture Now at last the flab were alive to the tho tale fate that awaited them Where before the water had b beep ep placid and unruffled it became agitated by the thin leaping of oC th the raul mullet t as the they sprang high hiSh In ID the a all air allIn r In their efforts to escape Many leaped t tJ the atop not nets oDI only to swim Int helplessly J around In the outer formed by bya a tl the e seines a a- a afew few t however leaped Ih these c as well anil cJu darte rt l sv for tor that th Phen Pheneus n seas beam eus r Mote More and agitated b cump the water as She iho stop nett swiftly swIm con con- con con- conti ti act Ml and f there p above loreal e 1 0 a surface wes was the ithe three-cornered three or nl fin ot a shark Haul shout shout- tho fishermen II 1 n redoubling re- re doubling their efforts Cort as ns the they see seo the tu- tu tu- tu tho the finny tribes within that narrowing narrowing narrowing nar nar- rowing circumference The Tho three cornered d fin tin glides evenly to the extremity of the net halts haitI travels swiftly backward The hod body bort th It ItIs ItIs Is ls entangled In tho the meshes meshe there theria 18 IH is a commotion It rights itself and Ild K goes S top up and ond down forward and bac back seeking g gan for tor foran an nD escape It Is la too late Th The monster flounders In the shoal hoal water showing the hideous mouth gashed Into the under under under un un- un- un der surface of the head houd and tho hite bell belt belly Paddy faddy the Irishman seizes it h by bytho bytho tho tall with a yell and drags It to the thc hore while the shark thre threshes hea 8 tho ground helpless In I Its Ils IB captor captors gra graft Dont let him bite you say the feeling instinctively cl for fOr tho gash which r a n sharks shark's t teeth lh had loft left upon his hla arm many mony a year ear before The dull gray cold eyes eye ar staring I The Tho cruel mouth shows Its lon long rows of tenth The shark lieu lies quiet I upon unon the rand Paddy unclasps his hili pock pock- lint hat hateful rul as the there monsters are lue re In Sn Jf fn there l lIS Is something iC terrible in the U Va way they thoy die dlo Almost t automata ae as It were of at cruelty and greed th they die dlo stolidly almost unconsciously Not a a. aOS vos- vos UKO of a a. tremor agitated the long long- longbody bOd body a as the sailor slit silt U It t from fret end to en end l pulled out the the- liver and the the and anti extracted the tha contents The shark la lay J quietly on the sand Band On Onto ite five 1 I minutes afterward rt it threshed Its big tall tai 1 In the attempt attempt to to to win to to deep water sp seemingly of the hideous s butchery |
