The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE,
vHRlLLlNo INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA- =

Courageous Capture ofa Zig shark ny
native Of IndIa-A Rattlesnnlsc Takes
IN us Quarters on y Miners h"af ~
colorado An Extraordinary ordeal
"Talk about your shark hunters in
The South Pacific Islands remarked
The old traveller, "but remember see
ING an encounter with one OF those
long-toothed gentry that for cool nerve
beat anything | ever read about
Il was loafng around Calcutta one
day, late in the autumn, waiting for
the evening train up TO the city of HUI
eli, when heard a tremendous shout
ing coming from the direction of the
river Hugh, which is practically one OF
the mouths OF tho Ganges, Trotting
over to the shore as fast as a white
man ever travels in India, / saw huge
commotion. Natives were hurrylng
away from the bank as If in terror and
then running back rs if their curiosity
had overcome their greatest fears. The
river was full of boats. The occupants
OF the larger ones were screaming with
excitement, while those in the small
ones were shrieking and iabbering with
a considerable amount of fear.
''L soon discovered that the fuss had
been created by large shark which
had come up with the tide and had
ventured little further than it was
customary for sharks to do. His dor
sal fin was cutting the water here and
there and when occasionally he turned
on his back and sent his nose and
grinning teeth above the water groans
and screams of horror went up in all
directions. His sharkship was evil
IDENTITY out for supper and was casting
longing chances at the succulent Hin
doc babies, of whom a considerable
number were in sight.
''In the midst Of all the hubbub
tall, lank Hindoo stepped oui upon the
roof of kind Of houseboat aud in
short speech announced that he would
catch Che shark
INSTANTLY a dead hush fell upon the
multitude. The Hindoo stood erect.
He was armed only with n long rope
like a lariat, which he held bahind his
back with his left hand
Presently Mr.. Shark came TO the
surface about eight yards from the boat
and Immediately the Hindoo plunged
overheard.
a chorus Of groans aud exclama-
tons went up, in the midst of which
the Hindoo reappeared, swimming with
his right hand Man and shark faced |
each other, and I fancied that [ saw
pleased expression in the monsters |
eye as much as to say: Well, this is
civil, to say the least.
1.-THE shark evidently thought he had |
4 cinch on the situation, for he swan
leisurely towards the Hindoo, turned |
slowly upon his back, and opened his
mouth. The mouth closed with snap,
and the people screamed, but the Hin
doc had dived, and presently he ap-
peared again ON the ohside of the
shark, smiling and still carrying his
rope.
"The big fish looked surprised, and
then made another fgentle dab at the
Hindoo The result was the same, and
Mr.. Hindoo came up fresh for the third
round.
"Then the shark began to grow
angry, and made vicious run at the
Hindoo, and again he missed. The
people on shore and in the boats began
to feel confidence in the human cham
pion and their groaus were changed to
Every time the man made
a point against the fish those heathens
would send up a rousing cheer.
well, by this time the thing was
getting exciting. [ never saw such
swimming before, and I never will
again. The man was a regular water
snake. He lodged, twisted, dived aud
jumped like an eel The fish made
charge after charge Once his fin
grazed the Hindoo's arm, and the water
was colored with blood. The mans
stock went down point, but it soon
rose again, when the crowd began to
see that the fish simply wasn't in it.
The man was beating him at his own
game. You see the fish could only go
in one direction-straight ahead like
IN arrow-wbile the man turned and {
doubled like fox.
"Well, by and bye the exertion and 9
excitement told on the monster. He l
got ratified, churned the river into $
oam, and then became quiet again. {
At this moment the Hindoo faced him t
lgain. 1t was the last round. t
THE shark charged languidly The !
nan waited, lying in the water until a
he great mouth was open to seize him. e
Then, with conyulsiye backward leap, b
le Strengthened his body and sank feet a
downward, like plummet Of lead. b
"Ihe shark settled down over him,
ashing the water into a lather Of foam. P
hey seemed to be graphing with each 6
Their. The crowd groaned and '
creamed, and then became silent. b
For the space Of what seemed an b
our, the people watched the surface b
the water, until even the bubbles a
ad disappeared, and all was quiet. G.
Lost, lost! screamed priest, and ri
ne mob re-echoed the cry and began &C
beat their breasts like a lot of mad
len Then suddenly, in the middle
it all, the Hindoo reappeared, thirty
ards up the stream. Both hands were bl
Dove bis head, and he was screaming. OF
Tan, tan, TAM He had slipped the W
Dose of his lariat around the sharks 81
ii, and drawn it taut; and he held the h,
ee end in his hand. tl
I'm an instant it was ashore, and a hi
ore of Hindoos were drawing at it. re
took them half an hour to get Mr.. vi
bark ashore, for he pulled like loco til
olive but thew finally ,,,anor,o1 - h;