, 1877-06-16
JUPITER INLET.
A Remarkable Inlet In FIsriG Feed.
Ins. Ground for sharks aId .sI,i.sators.

A Remarkable Inlet In FIsriGa-A Feed.
ing Ground for sharks aIid .sI;i.sators.
Il You will look n, the map of Florida,
away down in the eastern coast Of the finger
like peuinsula. you may see spot marked
Jupiter" or Jupiter Inlet Some maps
make it Juniper. This is wrong. Its u,me-
sake was old Jupiter. the slave of an army
offer, who was stationed at this point dur
latitude 20degrees aud q degrees Altho1sh D
only 100 miles north of KY West, it bul ses
20 the -ast nearly d-grre of longitude be-
yuud Csps Cauaveral. II i probably he
most inaccessible snd barren nook ON the
whole F.oriiaa coat, and can be reached
only in light draught boats, sailing The
uhole length of the Indian river. Sharn
cora rsefs fringo its shurr, and high hi ooks
OF white sand. rprinkird with rbIck clumps
of scrnb and cactus. renr their heads Ahuve
the inlet. The lively sand crab catches fire
flies on the beach, and huge turtles depu>it
their eggs In ih. sand. This attracts scores
of bpars frum rhe swamps and hammockS
bordrri1g the Everglad~,; tor TO thrm he
turtle and his eggs are rOO'hsome delIcscy.
Sgorted riger cats play among he SAND hi =
by moonlight, aud the fierce puma pr"wls
along The shore IN quest OF king crabs and
more suhstan'i,l dicr. The largest pnma
ever Seen in the State was shot IN Ihis region
by the keeper of the lighthouse. l. WIS as
formidable a- a royal B nStl Tiger. and meas
uIed over thirtrrn feet from snuut TO tip
The shallow saIr water swarmS with fi-h.
Schools Of muller and PoInpinp and ii >h IN
the sunlight, and cavallo. b IL FIJI. Llutii-h.
red bass, drum, snapp-rs and gruup-rs nrr
here in ahuud suce. Jrwfi-h havr hern caught
weighing over 500 pounds. Sa-fish the siZ
OF young whales surge 'hroDgh III nnrrow
channrls, and ravenuus sharks from ,wrlve
10 Ia enty feet in length keep nsid block
ade outside. As the tide Uses they come
within the iule, in search Of prey. he bass
aud other f-h that have ben feeding npon
the muller b-cum1 in urn the victim # he
shark The smaller fish dart 10 and fro.
making the water bill III their efforts TO e.
cape. MillIuus are SLOW ly but surely driven
iu'o a small bay by the shark, who whip
The wavrs into fuam IL their hungry fury.
Pruned at last, the doomed fi-h leap INTO the
air with terror, aud shuals of them run
ashore The sharks charge with rush
Th"ir ,ws snapp like pi- Ul shors, and murIl-
ared fi-h iIe scattered over rhe wHTer- Schools
of porpoire- j nu in he slaughter, and oee',-
siopally an Old allig4 or sh"ves If trom the
shore. sinks himself like ii submarine battery
end steals n bUuu'eous meal.
Nor Is the alligator The only free-f"edpr.
The air l. filled with thousands of fe.,i hered
terms aud guIl-. Euil we'll do tn y u"d-r-
stand the -irua,ion The r,i-h of their wIn4s
L. like n bre+ z. ia a flrrst OF pInes and rhrlr
screams are deafsniug. By piarounS hey
lash into The ngirarrd water, and soar IF
-b,ve she roaring surf. each WI'h fl h IN
bill. The Very ar spnrkles wIrh ti-h, for The
gulls toss their victims mp mil they Ca Ch
ihrm BY he head. Then they are easily
bOlied High above the terms fiUar flOck- OF
gray p-licaEs, larger than geese, and grave
and formal Judges. The wind whistles
brDrath their grvat wings, bat they make 10
audible expre-eiun of 81 i-faciiun- Dropping
into Ihe waves with = great splash, At'rr ia
few luhberiy maneuvers fill th.ir pouches
utid sail away a. though the whole far had
been arrsnged Tor their own exclusive ben n
i rry OF s,alrwart herons pace the strand
III ihrir Austrian uniforms. and pick up the
'iuY silver fish sl0pPiug Ashore during III
g-n,-ral cuInmO'ioo. Aud last and least, orr
lirilr northern kingE- her. clad 10 sby-olue
suit, springs his lI'tle rattle, aud hanss ON
the outskirts of the battle. picking mp the
choices tIi-birs. Such is an every day scrre
at Jupi'er during the summer and fall.-C0T-
n T. Sun.