The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-21
IT DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM.
A Big Shark Killed by a Paper of
Chewing Tobacco.
From the Ns,c York Graphic.

From the Ns,c York Graphic.
In short while we had caught nice
mess of small snappers, from ID to 20inches
long, and were having real good time. We
had not tishei very long, however, before
large shark put in an appearance and
stopped our sport We first knew of his
presence by his greedily swapping off the
| fish from one Of my neighbors' lines, hav-
lag followed it up from the bottom. He
executed this performance several times,
and then the snappers stopped biting en-
| tlrely. Not even a nibble could we get, so
we hauled in our lines and commenced to
| pay our attention to the shark. He was
monstrous fellow, about Is feet long, and he
kept swimming round and round the vessel,
sometimes on top of the water and sometimes
away down deep below us, but always at
respectful distance His reddish brown
body could be plainly seen through the
clear transparent green water, and you may
| be sure he was the cynoSure of all eyes. A
| great many plans for his capture were dis
cussed, but none appeared practicable
within our limited means. The engineer
suggested that if the shark would give him
time, he would forge proper hook and
chain, but as the shark was unable to give
him guarantee he abandoned the project.
While we were thus talking, noticed the
native pilot now and then throwing over
board one of the snappers we had so re-
Gently caught, and as the current carried it
little distance clear of the vessel, the
shark would gobble it down, and in fact the
intervals were SO regular that Mr.. Shark
seemed impatient when the regularity was
broken by little delay. We saw that our
pilot had some ultimate object in view,
and it drew our attention to him. / had
not particularly noticed the man before
this, more than that he was a fine. looking,
dark-skinned man, with good European fea-
lures, but evidently of mixed blood.
As he was born and reared on this coast,
and had probably served his pilots appren-
tlceship as fisherman he knew how to deal
with his inveterate foe, the shark Anv-
how, we all thought SO, and gave him credit
for it, and, although he did not say much,
he went about it in q very earnest manner.
After having thrown over ten small fish he
selected another little larger than the 9th
ers, and with stick of wood rammed a roll
of chewing tobacco, nearly as large as a
mans head, down into its belly and pressed
its throat together again. He held it ready
to throw, and as the shark came up, anxi-
ously looking for his fish, he tossed it to
him, and as it barely touched the water the
shark turned over on its back and sucked it
in. The shark then swan off as usual to
the side of the vessel, and then below us,
and was apparently rising again in expecta-
ton of another fish when the nicotine com
menced its work. His struggles aud contor-
tons were terrible t. behold, as he darted
here and there in blind rage, and vomiting
blood, but as he swan, or was carried by
the current away from us, his struggling
grow gradually less, until it ceased alto
gether. The tobacco had killed him.
Prepared by combination, proportion