Evening journal., 1899-04-08

his head whlsrety he can attach him
ser to amy floating b-dy and be car
ri5d alcng without effort on his part.
Al, ,hs functions are easily performed
during attachment. and nothing short
ce GClng damage 10 the fish Will dis
lodge him. 1t .s fairly we'll known that
the ch!r,se elat East Afn,can' sctk have
Li.-z.1 the renl5Ia icr catching turtle
in mcsa Ingenious way Mlre enes-
gj.-c .lan amy ether sharks are The
sawash, Wl,se ancu.o ara prOllcrlgud
-r5c a b.oGd b-G13 cf cartilage Whkh
Is f,ril XXI when the tigh is sw.m-
ming in Ligumal position, aIh has
both rs edges set with el.glht.g orrv,d
teeth about an in.h APART The end CT
.Ale fcrm.dable-.ookirls weapon Is
b.uut and comparatively soft, 50 that
lt is quite dncapah.e of THE fesas Top
u1ar.y attributed TO It o1 piercing
whales bodies, shaps' tlmbcrs. oac. 1t
attacks either frh ny a Ewiit laye.al
.hrlst Of The SAW heneatb thsm, the
kesn edge d.sembcweilt1ly thl.m. 1h1u
it Ieyis upon the Eclt en5rals, vIhlh
are apparently ghe only food 1t can eat,
from .he peculiar shape ~ PTS mouth.
1t has an enormous nuLber CT small
Ueeths sometimes as many as fifty rows
in ONE individual. but thsy ars evider5-
" unfit fer the rough du.tiJs required
cf their tesJh by ths garbage-eating
members ~ the family.
THE YOUNG OF THE SHARK.
Alccher pecullsclty which dlnererll-
ates the Squalidae from an otter feh,
and wou.d ssem to link Them with THE
mammatGa, is the way in whiJh th-y
r7c5uce their y-ung. Flu, here arles
such Universities as 10 Puzzle ;ihs oudern
greatly; dcr ecins ehank5 are v.yipar-
cs beating f.Jcen rsaIk,u.s al cree
lu.at play about THE m-uher in the
1iveIeat mar-rr AMI are ca1ul fc. ty
tsr with THE utmost sc-ac.tuds. At .e
arrroauh cf 6nrgc: d--y a. uccl 10
tihe parent arl hurry down her thrca.,
hiding in some snug charlcer tA.l th-ir
al-rm has suits E-5 wlsin .h5y orsnge
Itsa.r aIl Immediately rex nmerce
uhe.r sGntols. The r-o " ue.,e tms
and gold cannax Cpllc.fylD, .sct is so
faithful fienll ard ccn9arl,n ID Jhe
lChask,, also llGIss st asmcs n TIE came
lcsrac.-us retreat Thai This ls a fast
leG-Jc, be disputed, srre -harks have
lc-ten been caught and cut cp5n a1l Jsls
Lively p-ia necs takerl from wlJair.
1 lUpon cevsraL occasions i have wl1i.ss-
Itli liA.e. and l ori3e KEEP, a fami y Of a
dozen for over a week n a tub of water.
feeding them en- ccrare, until some
bueyLcdy gave them %, .h3 cat anti
madt her very Gl / have also seen the
young Ones and the pi1ot left behind
when a sIhlnk has lbeen caught, their
fraEttc leap.nks uIwarl1 at thl.ir de
parting puotesaors being quite a mov-
ilrAg sight iJther sharks are ovo-vivaIor-
ous laying eggs, aver tihe hatohing OF
wIhick they watyIh end afterward cant
for the young as tendsI.y a5 ID uhl
A.. cdhers. Another species pack thelI
tgss in a sc1t Of pouh as he skates
do. This envelope oorta'r1 ar tht
lrlnrie6merc cfeo-1sary 10 ihle welbcinf
of this young unte .h,y are able tC
provide fer themselves, hut The p,r5nf
. tes mo further concern with them
las 1n1tance on the intelligence OF th'
shark many el-audhcn,lcatcd s.or'e,
might be told dld space peuma., ba
two must suffice. While lying In taa
. hsrtur CT Tamatave every Csv,ce WI
could conceive was put I'M practice a
ORDER 10 catch some OF aha Sharks win
which These wato1d atcullle'. b9
! nome were successful, for .h-y car-lul
7 avoided all bait altadhed 10 Qne
ist7cng enough to hold them And t..
= we'll known hablb OF this "bhresher
!, shark (A.cpecias vuipes) OF t1ntirl
with the killer whale COrca gaad.a.or)
atisls.ing these furled 10 destroy
p whale and afterwari amicab'y d'vd.n
. the spoi, with tIham, has been er'large
p, upon many times. It's abscluus Ger
. tainty does not admit OF a do-tt>-Na
+ tional Review.