New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-25

thus change in the course OF single uds anu 90
his submarine travel the diver continually comes
across single specimens of the fish he s IN seatcIi
Of taking a solitary ramble by themselves, roaming
in quest OF adventnre we can ca n GaSS '"''e'"V
The most dreaded enemy the diver has to
encounter is the shark. Instances OF ms tIoaJ
might he given enough to fill my book. AS a.; an
actual fact deaths from sharks attachs au ~ 20
frcqent Billy summers had wonaer,nni S, "nSneI
tell me Of one of his Kanalea boys VINO Juni, LII
overheard and caught shark by the tail. anu i,e"
on tn 1t long enough to enable ms 1,nh Nm
spear the monster Billy Thought believed n en- nun ~
INV book and now keep my promise: e .hoso
The sharks seldom attack the dlVers IL lis
keen moving about. Sometimes the adventurous
eroper among the submarine yegeta,,1n of fee. sv
shudder of apprehension as the huge 9uin o Of Inn
eghtcen fGocr gass Tcw T5ey are
nucanny monsters Lives are not often sa,rnlGc.,
as | have said, but many diver has 'oSl hala ; ~
arm by these fierce scourges of the sea; oo'hg
along the edge of ,reef my informant told me ne
has often seen numbers of large crawiish peeiins
at him from crcvlccs among the coTai: oie G ~ y;
twice he has stuck them with ms knlle' anl III
the act of conveying them to his bag soie iiuHe
shark has swoop,d down with the speed o. "eaI'
and snatched away the captured crawns and thc
together the shark is an ugly customer anu .no
divers whenever possible are fam 10 give nun =
wide berth their lives depending on the caprice OIL
perhaps without exception the most ruthiess anu
SAVAGE monster in the wide range of created beings.
Another curious industry. well described by MT.
InQlis. Is the dugong fishery. He visited a STATION
on Hervey Bay where an Englishman with lew
European assistants and "a small tribe OF Diack
| fellows" was actively engaged III the capture VI
this little known and imperfecty appreciated ceta
| ceap In q small clearing of ten or htteen acres III
| closed on the land side by the lntermihaoie
| bush and opening toward the sea upon mud nats
| covered at high tide and frequented then by huge
| Turtles and innumerable fishes, stand the rough
hark.roofed sleeping huts, colonially called
| .;4l,, IL flo others
| serve as a general dining-room. The sailing dry
| inc and boilipe houses are near the beach, and
wooden tramway running into the sea affords facl-
tiles for hauling up the boats, the nets, and the
| spol The dugong was formerly pursued WIN tine
| harpoon but it is now taken in nets
| The duronq. with his great bristly ,snout. and
| tugks like the sea horse, comes up at hign water
| to feed the alga or marine grass, Which eIom
| luxurlantly in the bay. AS the tlde Iecedes, ne
| betakes himself to the creeks ana lheIe gets
| entangled i'll the nets. The boats ana 9ltck
fellows then put out secure me carcasses afu M
or the flesh sailed and preserved III CASKS IKE peei
| The oil is unlike anything ever tasted IL Is a
male yellow clear OIL exceedingly sweet, ana forms
y neTfect substitute Tor butter. All our cookery
| in the camp was done with it. II makes capital
| pastry, fritters and cakes, and inc weahest
| Stomach can retain it. In curries II would be
| delicious and II has already won great rep4u-
ration in the colonies for pulmonary affections. III
| is Extremely strengthening and as 1t can he taken
in tho ordinary way as food. there is no difficulty
~ o .o IT, As tonic and as a corrective
N diaIrhDa ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it has already
proved its worth, and is now extensively useu III
preference to cod-liver and other oils.
The dugong itself is on par win othcr Strange
creatures found III this paradoXlcal lahd' WIN
head somewhat resembling that OF the elephant
| wit 1out the trunk tusks something ike thoSe
of the wild boar; very minute peioratlon lor ~; an
ear hut which can catch the slightest vibration
in the air an eve like a pig fippcrs Ike seal
and tail like the sperm whale, IL looks thc oddes'
fish YOU can imagine. II chews the cud like COW,
and Yields delicious milk. 1t is not an aggressive
beast being extremely retiring, shy, ana suspicious
| The hide is enormously thick. ndmakes splendid
leather for betting valves 1or pGnps utgs e hI
| and if sailed down. makes delicious bacon, tha'
is if the name be applicable to hsh 1Ssh. III i
| largely eaten by the farmers ana settlers IN tnt
| nelghHorhood. The bones are solid, make splendid
| knife. handles and the tusks are the hnest ivory
known. No part OF the carcass Is ever wasted tio
wien there has been good haul, the camp present.
| a busy scene The tawdry, hideous OLD gins
come ND in files from the boat, bearing of huge
mangled portions of turtle dngong OF sarS t the
will gorge themselves with huge )uhks OF ha al
roasted meat, roughly thrown on me asnes, eH'
outside cbarred like charcoal, while the inside II
s raw as green hide Next day, II there nothing II
fhe net tev make their meal Oft the refuse scrap
that even the dogs nave LeuSea ie heN cs
wild plums roots, berries, snakes ana Other Verii
Mr.. Inglls appears not to have visited the golt
folds and save IN "A general way. he says NTH
ohout anv Of the minerals except c;al In that pro
duct New South Wales is very rich. but the develop
n,ent seems TO have outstripped the demand; Tn
pits are not working full time; devices such as at
familiar in Pennsylvania resorted to for the re
9 sfriction of the output; and there is warfare be
tween the operators aud the hands, 1ust as there
a with us Altogether the picture which our autho
presents of life in the coal region about Newcasti
. 10 far from attractive. Neither Is his account o
the n,ocress of agriculture by any means credItabI
e Il, A. Is orf hp q
of the Government. The climate and soil ar
. sunerb but farming not held in sufficiently hig
7 esteem amongst a growing nation OF centaurs
shonherds butchers. cattle statesmen. shOpkeeper'
civil servants, politicians. bankers, land-jobber'
LAWYERS. speculatOrs-anything and every TIM
rather than lers of the earth. The farmers follo'
. the beaten track to which they were accustome
in England Maize is about the only cereal fol
cign to English farming which Is grown IN an
: onautity and great tracts OF tue most producuV
, land i'm the colony, once under cultivation
Z are allowed to relapse into worse than 10
e low because il has been found impossible
. from rust, blight and other untoward circum
stances. 10 proftably cultivate wheat" Cotton wa
n once cultivated in considerable quantities nea
q | Jnewich. but it has gradually died out. Silk wa
tried under the impetus of bonus Iom the Coonis
j. | porl,ament but the experiment was only pretenc
Il | and a fragrant job. The Agricultural Soc
+ | etv of New South Wales received from I'll
u Government valuable grant of land nei
y paramatta for the establishment of an exper
d mental farm, but it has never been able to max
u any practical Use o. it, and the land lies unille
(, and uncarcd for The want of IA market is the gre'
!, trouble with the breeders of horses, and the san
e difficulty is beginning to vex the cattle and shet
&c farmers. 1T seems hopeless tocompete with Ame
i ica in the export of meat. and the grim, ghast
s,n,l, do ruja Uaip
IL ing in the gloomy distance" Besides the usu
,Ils which mutton is heir to in all countries, Il
sLoo, of Australia are exposed to certa
~ local nests of an affecting nature. One of these
t. the dreaded Bathurst burr which, despite an a
re - .hn I enislatnre for Its determination, grows