Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-09-20
Dog-Fish.
SWARd or SMALL SHARKS ON THE MAINE
COAST.
CREATURES THAT BITE Ar EVERYTHING
THEY SEE.

"Look at that, will ye p shouted Mon
/ hogan fisherman to visitor, who was stand
ing on the shaky dock. NO, it amt been
a-blowin nor amt been a-cuttin' Of it up. :
I The speaker was rounding to in light
dory and right in the center of its lego
mutton sail was a jagged hole about twelve
inches square, looking as though i cannon
shot had burst near it or festive geat had
been dining thereupon.
''Dog-fish done that" said the man in oil
skins, as he slung the painter over spile
and jumped ashore. Il never got scared
atore, but, begorry, when they git SO starv-
IN they 60 tew work tew chaw up sails, says
!, ITS time tew git and got. Ye see,
up tew to-day we've been havin tolable
hakln' and master catches in cod and sech.
50 aout this mornin' with my trawl and
sets her and lay by for two hours then
hauled in, and begorry, couldn't start her
at first, and when did see the reason.
he'd abaout eight hundred dog fish on and
the eight hundred hooks. Or abaout that,
was slowed away in that ere locker Of Davy
Jones they tell on so much. The hull water
was alive with EN-, and the first knew one
made grab at the oar, and when went
to put up the sail found this ere hole
where they'd been a-snappin and chawin'
on it. One cuss grabbed hold Of ,rawl
hook right aout a my hand, and If Ia fell
over twould a been goodbye WHY, bless
ye, man, they've sot in sold-druv every
fish aout O. the place, and there's ten bill
lion Of EN- aout there 80 hungry they eat
anythin Loss? | should vso; but ye
see kept what got" pointing to the dorv
full Of the sharks. "fEey beat nothin' al
holler; wuth abaout a cent and half apiece.
The llvers We bile daown, and what they do
with it can't say-haye heard haow some o
yaou city folks sells it for cod liver ie-then
the carcass is wuth half a cent up to the fac
tory. but mostly they brings By the pound.
but I've lost hooks this mornin' that'll take
me week to earn a dog fishin'. Yc see.
they sot in unexpected like; don't give no
warnin
Il hate en- wuss'n pizcn. ieou may talk
about yer sharks; Id rather take ny chance
with white man-eatei fifty times over than
once with those devils. Dangerous Well, !
should say so. 4 mans life wouldn't he
wuth five cent, If he fell IN when they've sot /
m p here on the Georges Banks, few
Years ago, the crew Of mackerelmen went |
daown tew grub. lcavin' the schooner, il be- !
IN dead calm and not thnkin ANYTHING |
abaout the skipper's ,onker wbo xa. ,,n1,r
IN araound on deck. when nIl few once ,b.v
heard a splash and 4 kinder ~ ana ,rsb.I .
on deck nnd lev In. ,ide ,nJ th.rn thr,,,,,h
the ripple the, See baIl il dn,f.h ,wnn
" foot across n-uoir' rnn,,nd ,nd r.,,nd
and the water yettin al red Tb., n,x.r
even caught sight D. the child for dn.6>b
araound him. Dre,fil. me sli,r., n;,,h
went crazy and IN. bulI III, Xxi hrnIa
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