The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-11

Finally we -Iw bis white belly as hc turned
on his side. Then tha -lacl, OF the line ran
out, aud with q jerk We drove home the
hook
Now, we naturally supposed shark
when treated Boo This manner would raise
the biggest kind of a rumpus. But this
fellow didn't. lie suffered himself to be
pulled to the side Of the schooner. aud lie
was nothing but dead weight. When We
had taken iu all OF The line tuHt $50 could
and had brought him under the --sel's
quarter, he kicked "A little. We tried 90 slip
"A moose down the line over his head. This
neccs ssitated lifting bis nose out Of the WA
ter. Then be la-hCl the water into foam,
and the line cut our fingers. But his
paroXysms were short and -pa,modic. He
gave up with not half a fight The moose
was drawn ..ht just in front of his tail,
and We hoist6d him ON deck.
a few persons were asleep ON the cabin
roof. The shark aiighted in thestern sheets
lie thrashed from side to side, thumped the
cabin with his tail, banged the ships bell
and created the commotiou OF cyclone.
The people ON the house leaped in all dircc-
tions. The moon was so low that her light
was only sckly glare; hence the dream
ers, with senses confused and eyes heavy
with sleep, could not distinguish friend
from foe.
One man jumped squarely onto the
shark. His bare feet slid along the Crea-
ture's cold. wet back. lie gave a horn ble
yell, bolted Dliudly to the port side aud alb
solutely craled by the fright struck his
head 50 violently against the main boom
that he was stretched sensele,s ON the deck
little water brought him TO conscious
ness, but he was nervous for several DAYS
When the captive had exhausted himself,
o t... Il j. T..
and gave Mr.. Shark his quietus
a shark dies very hard and win live out
Of water for IA long time. We skinned this
victim. He was a small specimen, about
10 feet long. We threw the refuse over
Loard. SO as to attract other members OF
the family. Our efforts were rewarded by
the sight Of half a score OF the animals
swimming around the vessel the next day
We caught siN. One was "A big II footer
lie gave us more trouble than any OF the
others-so much so that we did not at
tempt TO lift him on deck until a well di-
rected rifle bullet made him cease his strug-
giles. A IS foot shark is a pretty biz lsh,
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-
BILE. An Indian takes no more pleasure in
torturing an enemy than does u sailor in
crew ON board of the schooner caught sew
eral good sized sharks. They propped open
tie mouth Of one of the fish aud poured
down his throat IA shoyclful OF live Goals
flom the galley fire. Then they drove
great wooden wedge into his gullet as tight
ly rs a mallet could effect.
a shark 5 teeth slant back, so that he can
with difficulty disgorge anything that he
once grasps. But he got rid Of the plug,
and when last seen was lashing vigorously,
rendered frantic by the pain in his insides
doubt not that he soon swallowed enough
water TO quenCh his fires. The sailors con
nected two other sharks by the tails with "A
rope and large timber ia 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 thetropics.
where sharks abound, are careless Of the
creatures. Men and boys frequent the wa
teIs Ia the harbors and around the reefs,
and do 80 with Impunity. | never heard Of
any one being bitten. IL is said that when
shark once taste, human blood, like the
tiger, he prefers that 10 any other But
usually a shark will avoid a swimmer lie
has an inherent suspicion of mankind. He
can obtain plenty Of food in the /. sh thar
fill these seas.
Ihe mate ordered the cook TO fry a slice
from the back OF blue shark that We had
captured and ate IT, lie pronounced il ex-
cellent The flesh is little coarse, but
do not see why II should not be palatable
il il is taken from those animals caught in
the clean ocean. draw the line at those
caught in the harbors.
a sharks ugliness has never been over
rated. His sharp snuut and little piggish
white eyes, ret ON each side, and curved slit
of a mouth make his countenance most
repulslye. Ep l.. SABIS