Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-10
HUGE tiger or TIE SEA.
How the sandwich Isiauders Tahe
the Man-Eating shark.


much -needed rest in little cottage al
Waikiki, nonolulu'si ideal watering place,
saws a writer in the San Francisco ChrO
nictc. Strolling along the beach one day
we camo across a group OF native fisher
men repairing atiron.colored net, lOC
feet long, perhaps. and ten feet wide.
After asking a few questions Of the ma
tivos the Doctor told me that they were
going Off TO try to capture one OF the huge
sharks known as "nIuhi, or man-eaters,
and that they had offered to take us Il
we promised to sit still in the canoes.
Everything being in readiness, two oil
three Of the lighter canoes were launch
ed, and their occupants padded out &c
sea 10 discover some signs OF the wished
for man eater, while we were directed tC
be ready to embark at any time. u
came. II took us but few moments t
reach our canoe and jumpin.
Though it did not take long to reach
the spot where the man-eater was knowf
to be, yet night bad fallen and it was by
the light of torches made Of the baked
kernels Of the candle-nut strung upon
cocoa-leai fibre that we drew near the
fleet by the smoky, red light OF the
torches we could see men busily scatter
ing about the baked meat they haC
( brought. and also half-chewed mOrsels Of
the ava root. As they did so there was the
CLEAN Of the fins and tails Of hundreds
of fish darling TO and fro for food. Now
and then larger one thsn the rest, Will
sides glowing with phospbore'cent light,
would dart among the smaller fry, scat
tering them right and left.
"1hey are the 'manao kanaka,
whispered the Doctor, 1.-The shark god
OF the old Hawaiians And. there
there :" he added quickly, rs a massive
bulk rose from the depths below, there
is the 'mano keokeo,' the great white
shark.
Just then the old fisherman stationed
near us suddenly crouched down, and,
/ tOuchingthe Doctor with one lean, brown
hand, pointed 10 the water near the stern
/ Of the canoe next to us. We there saw,
/ cleaning in the Opalescent depths, two
/ bright spots that shone with a malignant,
greenish light They were set in a mon
strous. shadowy head, beyond which We
could dinIly see a huge brown body.
It was the nuhi, the fiercest of his
tribe, and as he moved along the crowd
Of fish darted away in terror. Even the
great white shark sullenly gave way to
this tiger Of the sea, who swan slowly
about, swallowing the food the fisher
men kept throwing to him. AS he thus
moved from place to place his whole
body seemed TO exhale peculiar light
that strcamed from the tips Of his fins
and long. uncyonly lobed tail.
BY the CLEAN OF this peculiar
phospnorcscence his motion could
he clo,cly watched, and finally the ex-
peJienced fishermen saw that he was
becoming gorged. So intent had we
been watching his movements that we
had not noticed that while lie was being
fed the fleet Of canoes had been silently
moved in nearer the shore. Our progress
had been very slow, and now for awhile
the canoes halted, while lowering be-
meath them was the man-cater, evidently
somewhat stupefed by the ava he had
swallowed with the food SO freely given
him.
And then commenced q curious eXhi-
btion Of skill and daring. A moose had
been made in the end of long. strong
rope and this was taken by an expe-
ricuce1 old fisherman. who quietly slid
overheard from his canoe and allowed
himself to sink to where the man-eater
was resting, his body enveloped in that
strange, weird light. This was the mo-
ment when, if the shark had been sham
ming sleep, he would, with one vigorous
sweep Of his tail and a snap of his jaws,
have earned bis name of man-eater. "
But no; he was. for the time being,
poweress, and with infinite dexterity
and skill the native succeeded in passing
the moose over the brute's head and
about bis middle. He then quickly rose
to the surface and clambered into his
canoe, and the fleet was again set in
motion. The canoe to which the line
about the sharks body was attached
moved very slowly and carefully, just
enough strain being kept on the line to
raise the captive's body clear Of the bot
tom. Sometimes the shark would be
little FESTIVE, and then we all waited Gun
til, as the Doctor said, che rolled over
and went to sleep again.
At length we were close to the beach,
and all but two canoes were drawn up
on the sands to wait for daylight. The
two remaining ones lay over the sleeping
niuhi, the end of the line to which he
was secured being taken on tho beach,
and then all hands took turns in watch
ing and sleeping. The job might have
been completed tten, but this the Ka-
huna forbade.
owe have the right TO snare the man
eater in the night while he is drunk, "
he said, "but we must wait for day
light, when he is sober, before we kill
him."
BY daylight a crowd OF people had as
sembled on the beach, and the signal
was given from the canoes that the ninhi
was awake and getting FESTIVE. So the
long line was seized by a hundred hands
it Strengthened out. and then, amid the
Triumphant song OF the Kahuna and the
wells and laughter of the crowd tramping
away with the rope, the enraged man
eater. thrsshlng and plunging about, was
drawn out of the water and over the
yellow sands AS his huge body plunged
hither and thither he snapped sayagely
at everything, but in vain. A crowd Of
the fishermen were always about him
raining. a shower of blows on his ugly
head until he lay beaten to death on the
shore.
Great were the rejoicings over the sue
cess Of this hunt iol the niuhi. Every
portion Of the body (Which was over
eighteen feet in length was eaten-the
bones and skin especially are supposed
TO endow the eater with high courage
and great strength. AS for the one who
slipped the moose over the head OF the
man-eater, he was given an extra portion
OF the liver, was extravagantly praised
for his skill, and would, the kanuha
said, be fortunate in everything he I'M
dertook thereafter.
The Tanga Affair.
BERLIN. September S.--The following