The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-10-30

wanted 10 take On two hundred live
dogs. but l convinced him that the beef
would answer jus, a. well.
Our FRS, objective point was the
Florida coast and after reaching Santa
Rosa Island we began our work. From
that point clear around the coast to
Charleston Ven can hardly run amiss
Of sharks and s;inzaTees, though you
won't have much luck in hunting for
an octopus Of any size, Our man Was
greatly excited when we Get on shark
in- ground. and he couldn't keep still
Unit! we had made half a dozen capt
ures. The first day brought Us seven-
teen-all man-eate-s- When one was
hooked we drew him close up by hand.
slipped 4 running noos over his head
and then he was hauled around TO the
runway and the ropes were carried 20
= drum and the engine started We
had sn extra deck OF rough boards for
the fish TO land on. and tine sharks
were despatched by blows Of the axe
and lance, Harper was as much
( elated over each capture as a General
would be to win q battle. and s careful
record was made Of weight. length.
| and species. We were al it 8 whole
week before he tired Of the slaughter.
and might have held on longer if
sharks had been more plenty. They
finally became suspicious Of us, OIL
] took alarm from some unknown cause.
and st the end 0. the week the bai.ed
hooks were no longer q temptation.
Our catch was from seventeen 10 TWEEN
ty-eirh: q day, making q total for the
week OF one hundred Hld siNty-eirht.
each one Of which was large enough to
bite a man in two. while q score or
| more were monster. which could have
got away with = horse in two or three
bites.
We then ran around 10 the Georges
70 fish for s.in-arees. This FISH. or rep
tile. or whatever You may call il,
hauats the sand bars. and feeds most
II on sott-sheil CLANS We had to
anchor the schooner and 60 ont in
small boats. and We made but eight
captures during the week We lay
there. Iralher expected that n couple
OF weeks would cool Harper of, but
the case was Just the opposite. Every
fresh victim seemed to add TO his zeal,
and We ran further into Appalachee
Bay, and put in another week at shark
Ing. The fish were there as thick as
flies around a sugar bowl, and in the
seven days We captured n hundred
and eighty, When one had been
drawn aboard and despatched We had
10 further Use for him. The remains
were thrown overheard, and the living
would fight for him before our eyes,
We got 7 chap there fully twenty
ieet long. and whenever q coaster
came near Us Harper would have .
boat sen. off to tell her what luck We
wera having in killing of the common
enemy. Al the end Of the third week
be became restless with desire 10 capt
ure an octopus, and We set sail across
the gulf for Cuban waters. | had
heard Of the creatures being plenty to
the south OF Cape Antonio, and made
for that locality. We ran in pretty
close II the Isle OF Pines, found a safe
anchorage. and the iron was hardly
down before Harper had our boats in
the water 10 examine the reefs there
about. We were searching three days
before We found one. and he was 4
SINAI. fellow who WAS more anxious 10
get away than to fight back. Then 4
wryckrr recommended the islands to
the ca. Of Santa Cruz. and we up
anchor and stood for the new grounds.
We passed to the south OF Santa
Cruz. and ~brough, mp among the An
tigua group fishing for sharks and
catching . matter Of nifty on the way.
We soon had cause TO believe that We
had struck the right place. The very
first boat out discovered 4 ,lcyi. fish on
A r=c. within = quarter of 8 mile Of
the schooner, and. rs q harpoon wa
dar.cd into him. he flung four or i've
OF his terrible t~eelers into the boat,
and would have taken one OF the men
overheard had the ~feeler, not been
severed with y hatchet, The man
who was -r,ppe1 was partially para
.y1ed, for . couple oil days, and III
4ues,ionablv suffered much pain,
Harper, Hr>t act on returning to the
schooner VA, to present the man with
. twcu,y-do,lar gold piece. while the
rest Of the boats crew received half
the amount 1t was plainly under