Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-03-23

were almost a. impov ant as the Sa7
Diego whase fisheries Of to -dav. The
big shark WAS killed for its liver. which
was made into an ol. having g decided
CONNER la value. and 10 day big sharks
re caught In Greenland. where the
spec IS considered a, rrencv. tn
The northern coast o. orway there i a
shark fishery carried on IN verv deep
water the oil is u>ei and the bod.e are
Is en- ashore and made IN euano.
In the vicin " Of Booth Bav. Ne.
large buildings afe often seen upon the
shore ha ing the siga "Dogfsh &C
tory. This mca that he >mall ,hark
known q a ioghsh i bougn, there. Ii,
often h "Opens in he las, Of summer tha,
le.men>e school of do..ish set inshoye
on tie A:aine coast and entirely destroy
The other fishing
In po nt Of mum! ers the dogfsh mum
Ter millions, Of en- completely filing
bay. The sulienness Of their arrival
can be i'm !. ned bv he wri'er's .xperi
ente. On Tuesday. av | caugh, all the
brake. cod, ling ana othc. tish wanted
On "Wednesday OF one Guild be had
the same ground, Eefore the l.ne got
be ow the surface many feet a dogti>f
had The bait Thee was no hing for the
fisherman to do but 10 face this and SC
all hands went do-shing. and dor {.
came in loaded to the gunwale with the
sharks >ome men stood with the har-
peon in hand and flung them into tn.
boat, and tie fish were % ravenous thai
that they would bite at the ars aud saw
sal which had been DRAGGING over
! oard VIII Oh was literally torn IL piece
by them.
The fe.oc.ty of these small sharks j
beyond conception. They come in from
deep water in a state Of starvation ans
bite at anything that offers ! opened
Iarge numbers, but rarely found any th!nj
in them
In far away Iceland the shark fsherle
form an important item. In iss
year OF which have the re ord, nearl,
eve vessel that went out took NJ leas
Il - lar els Of liver. for which they re
ceivcd ne ,rly bar el and 4rly 81
barrel for OIL In Iceland The chic
fishing place is FAKE ray and the fioft
Of la The season is from snuary I
August The boats used are nearly al
open. and consequently many men ar
lost n the gales and storms that visi
the shores. here is not much spor
ma n. In waite, 90 or 3co fa.homs deep
A line 500 feet long alone. would b
difficult TO handle, but this is not all
To i is fastened a weight OF eight 0
ten pounds, with four or FIVE fret Q
iron chain wth heavy hook. The
runs over a b,oC k, and in this way III
/ sharks ae hauled in The fh. once a
! the surface. is Killed by severing III
| back honn wlh a long knife The live
t IL iIlcu cut ti'lt dUht iHC boh sVbA M
/ Z our southern coast shark fishing
/ 70 lowed TO some e,tent The skin
! used in various fine work. as box co er,
hand es for swords while the oil fnd
a market for various purposes. Tn
back bone is mace into a cane nv The ic
sertion Of ktcel rod and the aw OF h
man eater has a re ds sale as a curinslt.
| In China young ehstk. are considcre
great delicacy. and large numbers al
imported to this country and may !
bought in Chinatown, while the tad
in shark ms alone n he Malay conntr
is one Of the most yaln ale industries.
In some OF the South Pacific island
sharks teeth a e emp Dyed as weapon
~worde. daggers and spears are arme
with them. and terrible weapons pr
duced A pair Of arm protectors, or Ion
gloves seen b. the writer. was oovert
With teeth They were worn by , pow
-crful natise. who was in the hab
rushing at the enemy and ~e.<ing victi
with the t-e.h. tearing aud !acera'lr
him before kiFirc hun
Y sSCor.ously enough, -harks are rot col
fired 10 sat water. They are found
an inl.nd lake in Central Amer ca al
fresh water in other localities
these instances, however. they are sna
. sharks are extremely common on I
;. Pacific coast. but cases Of human cin
s,einr taken by them arc rare saw
twelve or fifteen :oo. man eater az a.
i1na Island this past summer, and smali
ores NAV often be zen swimming
and down the beaeh They perform
10 small duly. that Of devouring
reuse aud dead an ma matter. and i
among the mot ,nyo 'an' Of the SEA
encers OF tie oecaa Sd. frds-l
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