Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-30
THE RAVENOUs SHARK.
4uNTING THE TERRIBLE MAN
EATER OF THE SEA.
shy Fishermen Dread the shark-catoh.
Ing Them Tor Their oli--It IL n
Very Dangerous and "a
Hazardous sport.

There are about sixty species OF
sharks known 10 scientific observers
and this much-dreaded creature ia
lound in every sea plowed by the keel
Of q ship. Some OF them such as the
log fish. are not more than two feet
long while others ara from thirty 10
fifty feet. But they are nearly all
lerociOus and the stories that one
reads in Marryats novels about the
many men who have been devoursd
by these ravenous creatures are strictly
true. The shark known as tho man
sater--a huge beast from twenty five
to forty feet long lie Tor DAYS
gear a ship. picking, up the garbage
that falls overheard. With one snap
Of his jaws no can cut the body OF
man in two.
All the fishermen along our coasts
dread sharks says Harpars Young
People and tell stories about their
ieroc.,y. but they are not deferred from
haaing them. ms the fish Is very valu.
able tor tho oil obtained from il.
There are many ways OF catching
sharks. Some fishermen trap them 10
strong nets held by heavy grapnels
aud anchors; many expert hunters fro
suai! bombs into them which often
XII the fish instantly others pursue
them with hsrpoons In the same way
as whale .s caught Blu. the larger
number Of sharks are captured with
hooks They take almost any kind u
ta hut what they preies most is Ia.
pork which the fishermen put on L
large hook 10 which is attached
s,vg. bsnk.iiue
4 tanndlan fisherman who walked
with Aa,l once "a to me You
Wonder perhaps why walk like
,A.. Well j. comes u shark catch.
Ing One day last summer VII u We
could get no Goldfish. either with ne.
or hooks, we thought We had better
try ior dgHsh. Or rather small
sharks FOR 10, % lLcm had been
hanging around VI for couple OF
days All other fish we're scarce. and
tia, j. the reason why the sharks
KEEP, .o close To US when anything
Sas thrown overheard "a shark would
thrust hts head OFT % ihu waiar and
tc.tc il There is lot o, oil 10 bc
e., from sharks and. dogash. aud
ah14' August the liver % the doRtish
Is nearly all FAT
sc sc put ont our lines scout
baak.linea they were batting them
with pork. and patiently awaiting the
result We did not expect to catch
any O.g sharks bat only dog-ash.
which @c knew were around 10 shoals.
Tie rest o. he crew began % haul In
dog l4h rs fast rs they could brcEnse
'he hru'es were hungry and snRppo
y every Thing they could eat also
t1arht two or three dog Gsh aud IN.
hooked them The deg. fish 4 only
eosPic 81 feet long and Il Isn't hard
:" Pull him in but his fins will cut
yog ana his ska uu4c. the name o.
shagrcon is used by cabinet makers
ard other wood. Is orkcrs instead OF
saad.papcr. Il IL SO rough and hard.
NEain 1 ihrcw ont my hook aud
Inc and This ;imc felt tremendous
ing atit pulled pretty hard tn,
Couldn't draa the iish. nu1 ono Of my
mates standing by inc said. You have
Eoi hold Of one ~ the big fellows: DO
"asg wish him now. ho Will be worth
2 hundred u these. had caught
o'g sharks before. and knew how 10
manage. though this was an extremely
savage ono Ho dove nearly plumb
down into the sen and let out limo
Cs last ma was necessary. then no
turned and shot up for the surface.
End darted in ono direction and an.
other for fifteen minutes until tired
him out Then ] dragged him along
s'ae not pulling too hard lost | should
'"ar out tho hook, and when got him
e lbe wntcr.line there was not much
NE left in him. We bowed him
aboard and let him fop on the dock.
lie was thirteen feet long. and had
mouth large enough TO bite Of and
swallow the half OF n man. was fool
NH enough 10 20 up by the bead ant
h"gin TO take OIL the rope, but had
no sooner done 50 than he turned on
ne sld aud seized my leg in his jaws.
N'Hc OF my mates grabbed an axe. and
running over struck the shark i've or
A& times on the head with all his
might That stunned him. and his
JAWS opened. But he had broken the
bono Of my leg at tho knee and bit
Nn out nearly a pound Of flesh, be-
sides cutting one OF the tendons This
: tho reason why | am lame. The
pest way 10 make sure about shark
Is either to break lis skull when you
get him aboard or fire two or three
bullets through It's brain.
Domcsuc Health Hint