Leapers Of The Sea

Many of the inhabitants of the sea are good jmnpera and. some haye beoome famous. Among them should be mentioned the tarpon or silver king, a hnge flsh with scales that gleam like silver, which constitutes the famous game flsh of Florida. The leaps of this beautifuj oreature are often astonishing. Several years ago a steamer was rushing down the St. Johns river. The oaptain was sitting on the fore deck, leaning against the pilothonse, when snddenly there rose in the air a beautiful shining flsh four feet in length. It came on like an arrow and landed in the lap of the captain as neatly as thongh it had been placed there. In Pacific waters the tuna, an ally of the horse mackerel, is noted for its leaps. Sometimes a school sweeps up the coast and the powerful flsh, often weighing 800 pounds, are seen in the air in every direction. They are like an arrow, turn gracefully flve or sis feet in the air and come down, keeping the water for acres in a foam, and if not the greatest jumpers thoy are certainly the most gracef ui of the leapers of the