Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-02
1YHALR'S FRIEND.
THE "klLLERe OF TWo-FoLD BAY
 WHICH HEf THE FISHERMEN.


 far Charaotqrics to Whales and
 Sharks But VI Never Injure n aIan--It Has EnorIn ouStrength,
 Two-fold ba a magnificent deep- water harbor n the southern coast of New South fales, is a fshermans f paradise, tholh its fame is but local, or known on to outsiders who may have spent a ay there when trageIing from sydhe 10 Tasmania in the steamers whh occasionally put in there to sbi cattle from the little township of den. But the chief point Of interest aaat Ne=fold gag is that it is the redezyous of tfa famous killers" (o.a gladiator}, he deadly fees of theFA9le race Of e9t2eeans other than themselves, aud most ex- traordinary sasacious creatures that inhabi 6ha oeeaHs depths. From July to Member two schools of killers maybe seen every day, either cruising tq nd fro across the entrance of the BayIoeHgased iH [ Titanic com bat with 2 Aaie-a 4righ5 whale. a "humpback or the long, swift fin back. EH they have never beau knvwn to tacie the great sperm whale except WaeHtAe great creature has been woulld8 by his human enemies And to witRss one of these mighty struggles iswerth traveIing many thousand mes to see. it is terrible awe-inspirin and wonderful.
 The killer anges ia length from ten feet to tweht-fye lse5. Their breath ing apparatu and general anatomy is. much simila to that of the sperm whale. The spout. breach and "soanda li8eother eetaceans, and are of the same disratofy habit as the two
 schools Rfeh haunt TWo=fold bay, always lea4ig there about November 28 to gntse# i other seas, returning to their headqhrters. early in July, when the hQmpbae and finback whale make their appeaf face on the coast of New South #aid travelling northward to the aeadinsg grounds son the BamB6on shoals the .aast ot New Guinea and the noluccE
 Tas head [ the Her is of enormo-s s strcagzh, tat mouth being armed in both ia8a H4a taaH1a3 teeth, from two inches to tAes inches Ions and set rat4ef WideI apart. In color they sho# aa eztFazatHsHg variation, some being al ons as-bH5En, black OF dull gray o-begsHe black. with large fr- regular pat hs or stfeaks of pure white or yelI5 others are dark brown with black an yellow patches.
 And now cIaQs the curious and yet absolutely tidy described part that the killers plR in this ocean tragedy, The killers, ba moment the whale is dead, close aland him. and, fastening their teeth i1b his body, bear him to the bottom. Here they tear out his tongue and ca about one-third of the blu5ber. In aout thirty-six to forty hours the earess will rise again to the surface, and q the spot where he has been taken doin has been marked by buoy, the bqts are ready waiting to tow him ashoe to the trying-out works. Tie #Hllers accompany the beats to the lad of the bay and keep off the shark8 which otherwise would strip off all ta1 remaining blubber be, fore the body lad reached the shore.
 The killers leveg hurt a man. Time after time ha8s beats been stove in or smashed into Elinters by a whale, and the crew left kruggling in the water, to be rescued 5y the pickup boat, and the kHIetsswim up to them, look at-aye, and .meH them-but never touch them. And wherever the killers are, the sharksare not. for Jack Shark dreads a killetas the devil dreads holy water. "JaektwilI rush in and rip off a piece of blubtm if he can, but he will watch his chance to do so.