The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-19

immense por;JOiSf,. A large schooi was
paar-shore. catching mullet, and wouli
leap clear out of the water. They are III
sight. -as.-,.eil IS sharks. most all the
time. The SQUIRE. Mr.. Wells and the
canfain. took tie boat and cast net and
went down n little ways and soon re-
turned with q bushel or two of the hneSt
of mulIet. Our expert cook soon had
them done to q nicely. and we all fell to
work and enjoyed breakfast not to he
exceIIed anywhere. Two hooks had
been baited for shark and set at the end
of the wharf Just before we sat down
to breakfast. n cry from the wharf of
shark shark an,l all hands ran down
to see the shark landed. The Squire
was having hiA hands full, but with as
sistance, the shark was beached. 1t was
an S-foot specimen of the short nose
species It excited much curiosity to
all but old veterans at the business. y
few minutes afterwards IA large stlngray
took the shark hook winch measured
feet hong and i feet broad. The proprie
tor said it was the largest he ever saw
We then went to breakfast, and when
nearly done, another shark . started all
hands down, and we found Mr.. Hill
with his hands full, but with assistance
tive shark was landed, being the largest
caught here for years. -Mr. Hills hands
were wen used up. 1t proved to be one
of the Inan-cating kind, and measured
II feet ; inches long. Its lighting
L. ya.rara1
We put three or four rifle balls in him
to quiet him. News went up the river
and people came from st. Augustine to
see it. While knocking out some teeth
for mementoes the doctor discovered a
piece of band iror wedged between its
teeth. He proposed dissecting it. and in
its stomach was found a sea bass weigh
ing 50 or 60 pounds, and some pieces of
box Stats. North was feeling around
with stick. and feeling something
hard, got it out and found two bottles
of peach brandy. Supposed the shark
had been at some wreck, and swallowed
it. 1t was tested and pronounced to be
fine old peach brandy. In less than an
hour six more hooks were baited for
sharks, as the rest of that cargo was
wanted. Next morning | found more
than dozen bottles, all empty, and all
with greasy look outside, while the in
side was of peculiar, inviting fra
GRANGE. This proved 20 my mind that
some pirates had been on a still hunt
that night, and Mr. Shark thoroughly
gone through, all based on North's dis
covery.
On Saturday it was determined to
make a trip down the coast towards
Mosquito Inlet. and the whole party
crossed the river and strolled down the
beach an unknown distance. We had
bathing suits ON aud went in bathing
whenever inclined. picked up many
shells, passed an old wreck. and hunted
around for treasure. but no one got
-jrh Finally a big rain came up and
we tudaIed under shelter OF the bank
from the howling wind. After the rain
we took bath 10 make sure of being wet
all over. Along this beach Squire Harp
owns several hundred acres of land, and
has generously given each of Us lot ON
which to build and the location here is
superb \ high bluff. and the splendid
beach. ana surf at ones feet =; no dust.
no dirt. no annoyance Of any kind.
That this place of the 'SQuire's will be
valuable some day. can not be doubted
we all intend having cottages there. The
distance across home is but days drive.
on good hard beach as fac as Mosquito
Inlet This is a good place to recruit up.
We are all feeling better for our trip.
We have had no mail for a week. and
but one chance to send any out. One
lady among us who has been an invalid
for years, stands all our tramps and feels
well. \ months rest here will be of
more benefit than Il summer spent North.
RECkENE.