Evening journal., 1899-04-08

a sympathetic thrill of apprehension
would run up my spine, hut my legs
are still oE uha usual isrgdh. Ner did
ever hear of a man being attacked
m this water at such times.
A TRUCE WITH MAN.
In fact, it is am article OF oal.h with
whalemen Ghat sharks have sufficient
Intelligence to know 'aat lhls human
hunters II the whale ara huesg prov,d-
ing a feast for them, a-d that, tAere-
fore, a truce is then r.gAdty observed
belJwesn them; for although thia raven
Gus cleaccccs caIinot gc-raip from al
ltempi3lnig to sample the biubbor in stu,
lthsir orpoutuntty arrives when theI
mountains us mass of r1eklolg meat,
strippsh CT rs external, coating cf fat.
's GU, adr.ft from aHa Ships side and
allowed to feat AWAY 1r.1l do uhey
ATTACK it in their tChouss' - and in
am inlcnedgbly shcrt time .ll.ce 1t to a
S'1oA-e lANhCI LhS'-Cu-u-r t.a4It even
their pnowess Is not equcl 10 devouring
the enormous framework CT tuIs. Hgtt
wAat they are ospabie Of n the way C,
lfesdlng may be Judged 4'cm tine fast
that a humpbslake'd Wha,s ca about
eighty tons i'm weight WIFI n sank, alter
we had k;,,dl him, in abcct ten faith
] oms Of water, ariI whl,h we were un-
able to raise for six hourB for want Oh
Suitable gear, was so reduced in size
by the time we ,lfaed him 10 the sur
face again cn -i-t q. tl- w-rtIh towing
= to this sh.T. IN rll ltlbudes. /. e.,
among the South Fac,hc Islands. are,
= te,ievc, tic le found the largest
} eharks in the wcrys, oelra.n.y Jhs
T iargeet Of ghcce voraeiCus kiris that
< So ably ffjl THE Office of sea-scavengers.
} Very large specimens CT the basikiug
5 shark some nearly Thirty fo,s lorg
> and Of much greater g.nth than tira
= ordinary ones have teen l1ound in our
Q cwn seas hut these unwiedF oraa-
/ turcs are ae harmlJ1s aus whlaae and
r quite as timadl Sharks OF the size ]
b have mentioned as aboumHing in ths
> s-m'h Pacific have ofscu seven rows Cd
n t3ath ranked tshdnd each cthet,. On.y
I the first row were eneet; the cshsrs
o lay fiat, as if rsady to replace a sud,
8 den lcrs Of these IN rce. But, after
D waIsub'ug tlAi,5r operations upon piece.
a CT 'larerly," am bculG q, say :Ihu
n swallowing a man whole, even by ths
t largest OF tti5m. appe2rs to me an ut
Y teriy Impossible feat
o THE sIHARK'S STRUCTURE.
% Another pecuAar1.y Of the shark ii
/ .Ihnt thar colossaC bodies axe bull
d url. u a framework cf cartilage, TO
bcne. This may pcssltty account 70
ie theE compiete Ilocowery from tJhe mce
u funlismIenltal Inquiries. cnce oaugIh
Ut an eight fcot .ong shark in THE N.rtl
AeGarIc, whose appearance suggesBeI
-e nothing out OF the common. But Ihav
Ne .'-5 daste To make one Of ttil5e u9e
D. fu. are'cisis, 6ioar &c esiicrs, a walk.n.
N el1& ar a sharks backtcnes l went t
le The trcubDe Cf extracting the cpi-e.
p found to my amazensrs t'hct IN tn
re middle ~ It there was no. oniy a soil
err mass Of bone over a foSs long, but
ed was at ghts p,ace quite 6Oub,e the MOI
or mini tlhfclsnless Fllnah,al. invest ieat fcl
ne reveaatd THE fact iIhat at some perio
" or his career Ghie creatGue had bee
tuarnixed by a harpoon, which ha
IL torn cult, neSgly sewening his body
is. halves Several CT the ribs were r,
oil kr't ani tlh.Cl1arisd i'm bhe same wa.
isn IInis sr'srilrd rscuperative power rei
NJ ,dlsrs the shark almost invulnerable, e,
a cept. as before n,tissd, to a direct eer
OF er!ng OF the brain. or such a radici
his dismsmbermeuk as 9opp.ns off the tai
al. Scoahfulness Is a distinctive fsa'tw
in cf az the sharks. They are able
Tor puf en- a spurt at times. but want
nd energy oharaoter.zes them an Tn
ny habit readhss its Climax N the remor
I'VE Az IL inpurruancei Of widely henf Cpl
my ion that lazy people are the mot pr
,g, ceaa .1ve-rcrs. t1.s saran squs.als h
en- evolved an Arrangement on the top