Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-18
SCRATCHING 1 SHARK
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large W. r>f..,i,. t., the ,y,t,I.,
after we irft ut, work. ON cong NJ
every morning Was accustomed :" -
over t. 4 certain iri-'" which WIS a.
"ay~ good resting place. fir holsters
N"rAin- after u."ruiu-I hat invariably
found Il pair or more II tH,>,. crll~ta
ccan>. which sent To- the surface in :;
basket.
ON the morning to which now rcfcr
walk'd straight t. the ledge and raj
my hand carefully along it> lower side
was surprised t. find my hand scrap
Ing what took L. h" the rock; but J
was surprised still more hen | OBJ
served my hand cropping within a foot
of the mouth Of ~ 1T shark which
had retired To- rest in this cave. The
shark must have been Is much alar1nc,'
as ] was, for il mad, one spring from
It's resting place and disappeared in the
dark wall of ocean. The shock t. INC
was greater than could have believed
and even yet ] do not care to thint
about il much. II is hardly necessary
to say that did not return to that ledge
for Holsters for some time.
On another occasion a big fellow came
alongside me where ] was working
& az u,
quietly to let him pass, But he did lot.
H.. ;:...l Ecarcr ! then thought he was
curious. bat soon found that another
feeling than curiosity was moving him
A. retrcatcd he still advanced, until j
found myself damned up against the
rock. | could retreat no further, anc
yet the brute came ON determinedly.
But instead of approaching me with his
long nose-for you don't see his jaws
he turned his side and began to rub W
against me. had a small Jumper" il
my hand. which held with the point
outwards against his skin, as did no;
wish to have his rough skin scoring
against my dress. 1t was something
against you.
The iron on his skin was, however
the very thing he wanted, as he soor
gave me to understand. I was kept
there at least half an hour scratching
that monster with the sharp iron. He
took it like a pig, bending his body anc
turning over on his side so as to present
fresh surface to the jumper. sup.
pose he must have felt easier for the
operation, for after some time he
moved away. I had one or two further
visits from him on following days, OF
each of which l was obliged to scratch
him for time. l think he must have
recognized me as a kindly and effectuai
scratcher. l imagine he was suffering
from some parasitical OF skin disease,
to which he may have fallen a victim
Otherwise 1 might be in that scratching
billet Still. is-~eN-,fa. 3.
One of the boys who worked in the
boat once inserted a charge of dynamite
in Sleeps head; the charge was O;
course attached to the battery by wire
After we had knocked off, he threw
in the sleeps head. In about ter
seconds the head was taken in" by q
small shark. In ten seconds more there
was an explosion and fragments O,
shark were abundant. In certainly les.
than minute afterwards the sea wa.
almost alive with sharks contendine
for a relic Of their deceased kins-shark
This experience was. however, obtained
from the surface, and what pride my.
self most on is that see these creature.
from below.