The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-21

| had cot! o. shark, and rnonstrous 'one,
too. She was right, for it took two pair
| of strong arms to draw him up but as
he reached the surface 30 made q gigan.
tic plunge, tore the hook out Of his jaw,
and disappeared like fash. A hoHl Of
rage broke from the company; and II
Mrs. B. had not been the most phllo,
sophie Of women. am sure she would
have cried for disappointment. VI
course tho sharks that escape are always
the largest; g. but think this fellow
could not have been loss than eight feet.
Hardly had we dropped our lines
again, when Master ThurIow sung out,
"Oh, como here, quick; I've got a,whop'
per-" In three minutes more we had
him-a -footer-safcly landed. II
was now Lucicu's turn to raise the Ma.
ccdonian cry, "Come over and help uS';;"
for no had laud.shark nearly seven
feet long. The fellow fought desperately,
but VIC we're too many for him, and he
had to suecuub. ..s.A :.
This was very decent fishing; still,
hauling up mere FIVE and six foo'ers be-
gan to be a trialc tame, especially as We
knew there were larger ones III the vicin'
| i,y. Would they notice US? The
question was hardly out Of our mouth
when Thurlow grew suddenly ,Erau,'e,
roaring out like young sten,or. con,
oh, now I've got one His father
rushed to thc4 rescue, and found tire.
mendous weight on the Inc. He pulled
with all his might, when. quick as light
,ipo the shark sciz:d the liGe above the
chain and bit it OF. l.. uttered cry Of
despair; but a. tie same instnut | fcl;
my line, which I was drawing to get it
GU, Of the way, tighten. supposed |
! had another shark. and pulled with all
NY might; ba; az sie m,as:e: cine to
THE surface he proved to be Tharlow,s
leyiathau, who, in his efforts to break
away from the first hook, got hop"lessly
eumeshed in my line. 1t was wound
tightly about his belly, while my hook
daugled loose about his head. lie beat
about frishtsully, threatening to tear
every thing to pieces ut wasimp possible
to get near enough to him either to hook
or strike him.. ana the danger Of his
getting away WAS imminent For,u.
uatoly-almoss prOYileasia lIy-my hook,
which had Been swinging about loose,
caught him by the gill. Still he was
unmanascable. liz tLrew his till over
the stern Of the boat, which Capt. Allen
seized, pulling with all his might, and
exclaiming in his excitement, :" Don t
get overheard, any Of you Mr. Is.
also BECAME demo nstratively dementcl.
rushed mp to the stern Of tho boat, gait
| in hand, took Oft his hat, a. if by way Of
saluting the shark, c1clai'ning. Some
one take my hat = Another Individual,
who shall be namelesI, kept acros uia &
iu shrill tones, Hang to him - Gilt
the scoundrcl!' Don't let him get
OFF, At this moment Mr.. u. Immortal.
lied himself By striking the gatf into the
eye Of tho monster and firmly hooking
him. Capt. Allen dealt him few Wig.
orous blows on his Uranium, which
soothed him amazingly. After an e1cit.
ing 6gnt Of ton minutes, We landed him
snugly on our boat. lie measured eight
feet aud FIVE inches, and must have
weighed over three hundred pounds.
This ought to have boen considered
"glory enough for one day" but the
sharks seemed to take US wonderfully.
In less than ten minutes after the victo
ry above rehearsed, "Cbarlcy' B., of
Utica, who was Of the partJ, got bite,
which gave him some vigorous exercise.
Aided by several gentlemen, he captured
delicate little beauty Of the shark per-
suasion, measuring eight feet and seven
inches. But I have no time to describe
this decisive battle Of our brief but
brilliant campaign.