Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-15
About Some Fish.


In 1878, while sailing south, a dolphin
was caught which wasof unusual size, some
4 feet 8 inches lung. 1t is exceedingly in.
teresting TO examine the stomach Of all fish.
In this dolphin, however, nothing very
curious turned up. though the veracity OF
the fish was quite evident when the con-
tents Of the stomach were exposed. A lot
of coal cinders were found, and at least 8
half pound of 3-Inch wrought-iron nails.
An explanation OF how the fish had swal-
lowed such strange and indlgestible hard
ware was readily found. The ships cook
was In the habit of cleaning out his stove
every morning at 43O o'clock, and had
been burning quantity of old passengers
bertn-boards which had been held together
by wrought-lron nails. These were the
nails, mixed up with the cinders, which
the dolphin had swallowed.
An instance of voracity of a similar
character may be told of a shark. In the
spring of 1881. while at anchor of the
coast of Georgia, ships crew amused
themselves by fishing. Their luck was
poor. For some days all the lines were
severed, and there was no sport. A pilot
beat told us that a tiger-shsrk was under
our bottom, and that it had taken all eur
oail, we SCI W "orh 10 ca'cn nm. a
snafk-nook was oaited win piece vi PORK
and this soon brought him to grief. We
riggeo running no"hhe' Aina Vi nau'l-
cal iasso' sHppeu IL over MS heao' anu Sooh
had MN hauied on ooaru, stern foremost
Aller seVefing MS Verteprai ooiunh. We
uiseiloowleu tne lhons'ei. iho oont'n's
Oh the SHARKS STOMACH were eAposeu W
view. Aihohg many nlhor i'eliis WIZ
several large Jumps oi Gay, iuiiy iscA VI
Deei bones, many nsn-hooks, win pieces oi
the lines, belonging 10 us, TWO norse-snoe
craps, , inches wiue,p pieces Vi s'ohes' Pr0o-
apiy panast' anu hAi."oin ou''. iIe
most interesting poiht Oi tnis nsn s'ori -
the hhuing Vi tne ieilo~ ooot anu ils
owner. Inc hquisitiVeness Oh ine writer
led him 10 examine tne ooot most careiuiiy
10 ma ou' "hat had oeen tne enec's VI .ne
gas.ric Juices op 'ne iea'hei anu 'ne naiiS'
on tiie upper Pr some ie" sPots Vi green "ele
'lsioie. Inns was ueterniineu ~ os green
paint Inc evidences were thal somsoouy
hau peen engaged ln painilng snort time
pelore, but had tne ar'ist cropped over
Doard from some vessel, nau ne oeen swai-
iowed oy the SHARK, anu was .nis ooos ~ .ne
soie mortal reiiains Oh the painter, Ina,
uay piiol was nalied, whose siues sac
just peen newly paihteu. ~ KIM Vi coIo-
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