, 1876-12-30
CATCHING 4 MARINE TARTAR,


tn'rt.tan,'cnfr Mr. ro,t snn.-
MAYroE1r, ffa., Dec: a. Thu New York
~ F!"rifa fur t,e a'e'al purpnsc Of capturing i,
snirk. or ,!eyl!.As1, Tor III tanks. IN tic way
u excitement. rus1Htu hiies MID tt,rDnlc tucE-
w. "c i4asc hAl tue full WORTH VI our ,lInr,ry;
uJha tifr part Df inn,eelf will, us.
II" b saritJ:tSly Knew. lure u. the sea.lerIl,
the un:corl,-d.yl, and the rcddcy!l; ait oi trfe
''afnes nsc vel! ris'se". When ne lrst arrived
!'ra siarkry iu:urrhcI ns that hrsc vas lii.
| Enne III the tnONstcr, md that ilu grew IN un.
E!'osl til!'GHsnhf. iii o;ir tl,is,st's eye we sau
s M !lusG toss'. vending Up iss"atlwAy, followed
+ huge ray. that often reaches width or twen
y ltct. lie llas ns. whip-lfkc tall, and, rs
we subsequently f',untl Is ut,olt ns pleasant to
meet as :, roaring linn. NJ net was strong
notitu of n klinrk-hook.
III dark hour WI decided to Try The effect Of
sRtnr III one of his Ritie wings, tilnt we s,tD-
losed would heal quickly. Uur boat was a dug
putt thu forward part ol which had hvcn cx-
tended downward to the entire ncgictt of tic
btaa, 20 that We ~Erc iusL able tU III fn,ffiyc IN
row, after tle manner vi huge cotlil1. Wt
pushed oil. and moved down the shore, tic man
~ tho bow, larpoot, fn hand, thtrsty lor The
fray., largo siioul Ut lnulcls wcrc Jumping
ahead of rs, ab0ut half mile oil, mud IN tle
centre of thcfn II heavy wave was seen moving
arouni TINT told Of something out Of the COM
mon rum. Coming neares, tic nun tn the bu,y
no mistake.
VIC drew closer and closer, until huge tlacl,
spot WIS visible. We rose up to look, ana at
the same moment the man threw tic harpuon.
70, Tof the next moment all was tlrcary void.
Tic Immense cTcnturc rose from the wntcr like
an exploding f9rIMlo, anh came down like tic
weight Of q p1lc driver, QUO wing striking our
boat III the bow. crushing the frightened fnrkcy
int, both lee and wintlwarsl scuppcra at once,
nntl threatening to convert us all into human
a0tsn,n anl jctsaIn. Yrl1s ot !" Cut tt,e ropc II
anu "Hct to thu w'inlwartl," wherever that
vas Wcre heard above the rustl Of watcr and
forty miles m hour, orr brave harpooncr, keep.
lug time IN wonderful acsics of hack and head
postuFsng, IN his attempts to keep clear OF Il,
as near a. | could Judge we we're headed for
I.oukinr around, VIC discovered him standing ,Ip
to his wnist III shoal half n mile oil. lie hull
bceR jcrkcd overheard at ths first round: md
!hcre on,tFe shout he remained for over an hour
feeling. ~ & hs M tod us, like condemned light.
i was evident something must be douc, md
Wilc one hAl1e1 tic rest attempted tu haul fl,
tho linc. Gradually VIC drew nearer to our
team, who gaye us slgns q giving out. II wus
thc agony was Increased by IL pair Of graius In
his back. This brought tile blood, aud VIC
gradually caine down to common time. Amid
splasl'cb, jerks from the feh, and yells from
the men, We got fairly over blu, md sent third
large whale -harpoon into him. Next minute tho
long whip OF tall came over the bout, striking
old Rasn, a colore1 inan, and eausing general
aud hasty sitting down. THIS was tile last u
fort. We lloatcd over tho black 1nnss, nl,put
three miles from where NC started, yirtore, but
yet not huppy.. That one lasti Of the tult had
laid one minis cherk open to the tuue aild
broken tho skin completely around Ills head;
another wns pteRumptiyc foul fur crabs and
Rhaflsa n f1iStnrf h1Yt Nof crn ~