What to see in America . mous as a winter resort andfor being theport of the larg-est sponge fisher-ies in the importantcommercial cityof Tampa isnear where FortBrooke was es-tablished in site of thefort, the old bar-racks of which are still standing, is now a public the park limits are the remains of several aboriginalmounds. On the tip of the peninsula which separatesTampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico is St. Petersburg, theSunshine City, where is published a newspaper whichhas gained great notoriety by offering free its entire editionon every day that the sun fa
What to see in America . mous as a winter resort andfor being theport of the larg-est sponge fisher-ies in the importantcommercial cityof Tampa isnear where FortBrooke was es-tablished in site of thefort, the old bar-racks of which are still standing, is now a public the park limits are the remains of several aboriginalmounds. On the tip of the peninsula which separatesTampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico is St. Petersburg, theSunshine City, where is published a newspaper whichhas gained great notoriety by offering free its entire editionon every day that the sun fails to shine. The sunless daysdo not average more than half a dozen in a year. Theneighboring waters teem with fish, the most noteworthy ofwhich are the tarpon, or Silver King, the finest gamefish in the sea. Adult tarpon often exceed six feet in lengthand may weigh over two hundred pounds. Charlotte Har-bor is also a favorite resort for tarpon fishing. Down on theCaloosahatchee River is Fort Myers, nestling in the shade. In the Big CypRESb Florida 203 of its cocoa palms. This is the outfitting point for cruisesfarther south into the bird-haunted labyrinths of the TenThousand Islands. From Fort Myers, too, you can go by boat up the riverand through a canal to Lake Okechobee, and then by anothercanal on across the Everglades to West Palm Beach. Thecanals are a recent innovation, and have for their chiefpurpose the draining of the land and fitting the rich soilfor cultivation. The Everglades occupy a shallow basinone hundred and thirty miles north and south and seventyeast and west, which makes a total area much the same asthe state of Connecticut. It is not exactly land and notexactly water. There is too much water to travel by land,and too much rank saw-edged grass to journey freely bywater. The only relief to its level prairie-like monotony isa dotting of islets heavy with tropical growths, and usuallyplumed with one or two palmettos. The water is nowherestagnant or wholly at
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