, 1884-07-17
ADVENTURES WITH SHARKS
4 PIlora Arm broken By "A Sharks
TnlI-Dynnmite Halt.

Ahii-oShhhhit hhit.
New York Sun.l
yes, it was a close shave, and 1 got of
ensy with this" The speaker, who was u
Ru!f coast pilot, held up an nTm bound In
splints. Il came up from Pensacola TO take
a schooner round to Tampa, but 1 shall have
to lie or a couple OF weeks or 81. IL hap
ened la this ways l starte I for Fort Pickens
In IA ! ght Loaf IN Ter sail about two weeks
ago, aud when We were half way down
the man with me speaks up an1 says:
Captain, sharks is sJrter thirk,' AT
Tn logged il they weren't Their ii Is
vas a-cutting water all arounl the boat,
.Or'ard, u stsFn. and on both sides, some & =
,ng one way and some another, aud | shou.d
'eck"u there was twenty a-fo,lering u l
lidn't like the lboks OF 'em myself, but
,tys, til y can'r damage Us in The d.n;y.' l
lhun't nu moran got tds wor.s out OF my
. 10, VIXEN. b iIni cane n tIirto .n-frut shark
'an ouV Of tue water. We both gave n ia mp
. wi4d'ard, aud tuo Ash struck alb nt a tkirh
IA " tn u crlsI that almost hllod US, thrashed
."r a minu Q, sending one OF tho oars INTO the
ar. aud then swung its head round, aud, as ]
va rsaca.ng for the ulisr to give It a knock.
. tan came against my arm, aud b oke II
lean ~ two. "A mimi Q more the SHARK
vas overDOa d, and we sot there ba ing and
AT scart TO death
-Acc,d NIT l couldn't say; most likely 1t
Nns. Shur.s often leave The water when
Iey'fe chase ard It may not ave seen the
-oat bu. We d.dn'L waste any time after that,
can tell you. I, e sp.ash II the tsn had Coz
.ctel them until the water was iuil Of 'em,
n d.dA'J fsel safe until l was On tie
each"
-%ii they lisel" asked the listener. -Will
4 duck swinIf replied tire pilot why, my
rien IN Juiy or now. III Just as soon try to
.a. U- H-F 49,.
rom Psnsacola to Fort Pick rs. There are
. 30 many accidents Oh record there, be-
/; use p opie know the dangers and look out
tor taem, but l know OF at least Lnlf a dozen
a seA The last oso happened last summer.
A vessel came in port FOR a load OF LUMBER
aud the c1p-ain's boy, quite u gOod-siEed lad,
IN fOOllng abolt tho rigging, fell overheard.
fue men heard a scream an rushed To tie
rail, but the only sig they saw was u red
c,oud in the water. They got out the boat,
aud finally recovered The body, bus the head
aud limbs were gone. Another time a sol.
der trisd TO desert from tho fort and was
eaton by sharks You see the bTu:es follow
vessels IN from of shore, and get in tn, habit
Of swallowing everyt. log that comes along,
and wbea a man goes over they rush
or the splash. I've seen 'em NOV
ing around on the bottom like q drove of
hogs They generally swim slowly when not
chased, bus they can work up n tremendous
race when they are chased, and I've seen one
jump twenty feet iuto the air.
10 show yFu how Lard they can bite,n
said the pilot Il Lave seen one take a piece
out II an tar. Another that was hauleC
alongside of a small beat. took the cutwetei
in It's mouth ami nearly c. ushed it to a Jelly,
leaving twenty or thirty teth la the wood.
Some time ago a Spin ST gunboat drop
ped in there, aud the office 5 amused them
selves shark fishing. They had quite n cir
Gus They would take q small dy mantle
cartridge. binl a piece Of salt pork 10 it, and
Fix it to a float and wire, and seud 1t 2JJ feet
astsrn. Pretty soon a shark would take it,
and they wOnll hre by tho wire, aud the Dish
would fly into a thousand pieces. II one was
wounded tho Others went for him and ate
him up"