The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-28

a GOOD SIZED SHARK.
Finally we saw his white belly as he turned
ON his side Then the slack Of the line ran
out, and with jerk we drove home the
hook
Now, we naturally supposed a shark
when treated in this manner would raise
the biggest kind Of "A rumpus. But this
fellow didn't. He suffered himself to be
pulled to the side of the schooner, and he
was nothing but dead weight. When we
had taken in all of the line that we could
and had brought him under the vessels
quarter, he kicked "A little. We tried to slip
IA moose down the line over his head. This
necesstated lifting his nose out Of the wa
ter. Then he lashed the water into foam.
and the line cut our fingers. But his
paroXysms were short and spasmodic. He
gave up with not half fight. The moose
was drawn tight just in front of his tail,
and we hosted him on deck.
a few persons were asleep on the cabin
roof. The shark alighted in the stern sheets
He thrashed from side to Side. ohumped the
cabin with his tail, banged the shps bell
and created the commotion Of a cyclone
The people on the house leaped in all direc
tons The moon was so low that her light
was only a sickly glare; hence the dream
ers, with senses confused and eyes heavy
from foe.
One man jumped squarely olto tue
shark His bare feet slid along the crea-
ture's cold, wet back. He gave a horrible
yell, bolted blindly to the port side, and alb
solutely craLed 10y the fright struck his
head 50 violently against the main boom
that he was stretched senselesso on the deck.
\ little water brought him to conscious
ness, but he was nervous for several days.
When the captive had exhausted himself,
the cook came aft with "A lantern and an AK
and gave Mr.. Shark his quletus
\ shark dies very hard and Will live ont
OF water for II long time. We skinned this
victim, He was a small specimen, about
10 feet long. We threw the refuse over
board, so Hs to attract other members Of
the family Our efforts were rewarded by
the sight of half score Of the animals
swimming around the vessel the next day
We caught six. One was big 10 footer
He gave us more trouble than any OF the
others-so much 50 that we did not at
tempt to lift him on deck until n well di-
reCted rifle bullet made him cease his strug
giles A 10 foot shark is pretty big fish,
and you are surprised when he is laid be-
fore you to see how much bulk he has.
A sailors hatred for a shark is implaca-l
BILE. An Indian takes no more pleasure in
torturng an enemy than does sailor in
working his pleasure on "A man eater. The
crew on board of the schooner caught sew
eral good sized sharks They propped open
the mouth Of one of the fish and poured
down his throat shovelful of live Goals
from the galley fire. Then they drove a
great wooden wedge into his gullet as tight
ly as "A mallet could effect.
a shark teeth slant back, 80 that he can
4
/ once gritsps But he got rid of the plug,
and when last seen was lashiug vigorously,
rendered frantic by the pain in his insides.
/ doubt not that he soon swallowed enough
water to queuch his fires The sailors con
uected two other sharks 10y the tails with a
/ rope aud large timber in the middle
/ This timber held the animals near the sur
face. They swan away, but of course they
eventually died Of starvation.
The natives of the country in hetropics,
where sharks abound, ure careless of the
creatures Men and boys frequent the wa
tiers in the harbors and around the reefs,
and do 50 with impunity. / never heard OF
any one being bitten It is said that when
IA shark once tastes human blood, like the
tiger, be prefers that 10 any other But
usually shark will avoid "A swimmer Hu
has an inherent suspicion of mankind. He
. can Oblilh plenty OF lbpu IN lnt Usu tnhl
MI these seas,
The mate ordered the cook to fry "A slice
from the back Of q blue shark that we lad
captured and ate il lie pronounced it ex
cellent The flesh B, little coarse, but
do not see why II should not be palatablt
il it Is taken from those animals caught Ia
the clean ocean. draw the line at thos,
caught la the harbur..
sharks ugliucs- has uever been over
rated His sharp snout aud little piggisl
white eyes, Sc. ou each side and curved sill
Of mouth make bis couutenance mos
rrpulsiye IN l.. SABIN.
The wlsest of us see things at a great ca
bibltiou which ON u- with surprise an
quvtiuWlg We are sure TO see thinp
which are new Go our more or les. limite
experience That Is part of the good tim.
The snake worm is the name Of a sina
CREATURE which Nhru alone has aiui,st 1,
power of lucumufluu lArg, number ,
them, by forming % close, ropelike prose-
sion. move with ease from place to place,
A woman -ays That mHu can walk
4 mllus % dag aud arrive frrsh 90 the sud ,
his journey, hui Ao cannot take care Of
baby half Ha hUuf Nlthnut complaint
that NH b. ufINfiF worm tuf