, 1873-12-26
A VERY FfSHY FlSH-STORY,
Extraordinary Capture 1,y No1vfollnd.
lnnl EihhOrmcst,

Extraordinary Capture bY NoSvfouMds |
lslnl EihnCrmen.
ST. Johns, ". i. {Uec 10} Correspondence qf e Ec,o
York Hort1.
nm now tho M happy poHsossor Of complete
specimon Of tho dovl fls,. Of which no otllor is
to DO found In my n,rsonm III Europe or Amer
len. Tho circumstances n1ller which it was cap
tatro0 were very remarkable. Il fow days ago
four fishermen Of Logic Bay, which is fow
nicB from st. Johns, were overhnu1ing
e1 aneed d''i IN f e "s sses sh'y soms nSsna hugo
creature Which male desperate efforts to eHcapo.
It's struggles wero 10 violent that their boat maa
nearly capsized, mud they wero about to abandon
the o A more tha o otors S
sieZed amall tomahawh and struck 1t eeyeral
blows about tho head, which put m end to it's
existence, and nearly severed the head from tho
body. On hauling in tloir net and landing their
creature such aa they had neyorbofore capturod,
Of extraordinary formation, aud considerable
dimensions. At first they we're inclined to
throw bao , intG te or convert 1t nto
I was Interested In these sea monsters
they brought it to mo, and I worry gladly gavo
them ss,m Of money for 1t Which surprised
and p!oaBod thom 80 much that thoy declared
thoy would aoon bring mo another. But said
ono, f1ts the dovll'a fish guro enough, for 1t
nearly kilt us entirely"
I lave had this fish photographed and care
fully examined aid measured. It belongs owl
10 ~, ~ soa,, @ T., nt;o H.. ~, ,.,;o
formerly lascribr h,,t Il il vo,,nr M ons nrob-
ably not moro than two or throo years old, and
10 for,v ~ tiftu foat l., ,anT+1, r. 10 ihaovr
ycrv nromisinr INN in;loedE IT'S hoav ia oinht
foot il, longth and i've in crcumforonce. It has
ton arn1s radiatiug from tho head. OF these
iucl,en and haif In ciroumferenns anl u nrmoti
at tToir hroa'ienei nrtromit;ca witl rowa NJ
hoonIifn1 md roworrHi unci,11,o ;l;ni,a nl,out
stEony " 1ia ron,a;n,,e cioht arr,a aro a6c .ir
foet IL 1onrtj, md ct liz innctnn w;th tl'n lind
oro n;na ;nc}.os IN circnmforcnca tanor;nv ~ n
ina mini Tie nnder aurfacn nf eoch
In covornI with rows NJ forra snc,fera-
nbouf i'm m eoch' rho hoo,t atrnnr
ord rorv oi,ar,, Aha nhono of ,,orrot,a ia IN liz
r.,1o - H. oa,ti y, :. fn,, ., 40 t;n1 al ;ss
thn arms rof,irtc ana IL a. ahont t,c ayo NJ ~ n
man'a fiat Ti,o ovos arc on oncb aida NJ thie
o1o,, ~ w. w. W a,o @ ,,oaa an m
an,asor ,,ot. ,l"rl, a,a hoo,,.;f,i nmi s,r. ~
ro,'ndo h., ,u,;ta r;'+t o." ttaal,aT l. ~ ho1v
| Will, IL but q hmco stGmach nrn two Tnnnoia'
~ t1tap o,,o fnr 66;oot;n" IN ;iv nn;d ..h;ot
l. a,,fac,nras IN nin;tnI o,,artftioa % md m1 tle
nthnr ~. ra,vina in nnI oioet;nn wntar Nu Tho
vntar -, "a n,,sd ~ va;,oa a te
bena extracted from i. is exnnlied by tbis tubo.
Wtnn fnrc;h1v oieced tio ~" "tinn 9f the aur.
rounding eleinent onablos tic creature to to shoot
'oxWa1a 'n uao.rs mos Rome1 ome ~ o.o ,a.nt;, ,+,oo
| nxrfoa rreot intnro.t In fho ao;ont;nc worfd
| T'ha ncc11,nt which nnnnaroI in tho il;o,1j hna
hean ro,rimto5 Mt, ra N Ma,mrai II uas LIS
tor,. ea;nt ~ ontraa9 h,,,a o 5aa,sn
10Y ~ a .'su lu % ,
.nao,a1 ,mo a11''oo'' """ 'o1s bteas 4n'e1oeS ""o
o@rtasScu 'ri' oc,,.4 ~ .,,,a ,;.o.;o o,.,,o law,
;tan. oa ,or y, ea1 s'ao nn'g
novnr hcfnra oa Wy one = ta n nt,,rad rof
gtnans.rnn ~ %'S S1oro s,,l o DE- H,a,, a,.
ra,,ortnd t,e anc1ranca Of a,oior nttiea "' oo
TX a". VIZ ~ plus rt GH1etsn W
U sr,, a oaor;beIt t,a mm @ nssoo
~ 1.ol; o'v,ia Nfoor,,s 1 nv uno ad
" nt nua;,, .i'a @ a'ia a. nua, na
~ n,,o ~ taso ~ ~ Toh,ar, lag y;
tho Jn,n.;cn,' Nntrntei ~ u"s bonla.d a..
s',oI - as;,a, ~ n - t,o1,a .nao. ~, ~
as,ar,,o, " wy H. " r", I'nen
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,saI ~. W. ~ Ma Ill., " ns,gn1Ist,t ~ !np
nopa'ou Mon lt';s. inu msaaen u, neana-
tion Of those cotossnl n a cnttlos niI pontnndan
ha'e!Y IT,, aes ~ ~ ~ ;uoSo casltoa ~
small J raon1a w wcI s;it har5iy ba cre'1;te1 vi