Evening journal., 1899-04-08

GREAT SIZE AND WONDERFUL,
VITALITY.
The presence OF amy large quantity
OF easily cltta.nab.e food Is always suf.
ticient TO secure the undivided atten-
ton of J@a Shark tribe Whan cut
ting in" whales at sea l have often
been amazed at The inl,rei.ble num-
hers If these creatures that gathtr in
a ahcub space CT time, attracted by
some mysterious means from neaven
orly k-l-Ws what remote distances. It
has often occur. ed to US, wnen whaling
in tho riefg.heorn. cd cf New Zeaand.
to get a sperm whale alCn2s.de without
a s.ls,a of a shark below CT bird above
Within am hour from Ltie time Of lur
securing The vast mass CT flesh to flhe
ship THE whole anga Within at east an
acre has been alive with a se5bhing
mult.tlrde cf sharks, while from every
a.ib came drifting silently an ircalcu-
table hest OF seabiH5z, converting the
UllC cAi.AeAlE II NAAI seSeA AANO q DNAA"
lCaiace of a plain OF nav fallen snow.
The body of whale before an incision
is mads i'm the b5uItlbsn presents a
GmooJnI rounlded surface, a.nocly as
hard as India uubber with aIpaIent-
" nj spot whsre amy daring eater could
find tccthho,dL But, ohi.Rious CT an
save that internal anguish CT desire.
the raven.ng sea wolves SILENTLY wilth-
ed I'M the density of eihe.r hor5-s for a
Ifauc at the b b-un1eOus feast. CC-a-
eicnaliy cne pre-emins1U among his
fellows for enterprise would actually
SsiB his lower jaw against alhs black
rcundhses Of thle mighty carcass, and
with a steady sinwcus thrust OF his
3lllhs TAN, gouge LGt thIor5from mass
ci' a hundrediweight or 50. II I've man
aged to get away with H. .ihs space
lclit presented a curious corrugated
hoIow, where this serra'Jsd triangular
teeth had worried their way thrcugh
this tenacious substance, tel1.nlg p.ain-
Jy what Vigorous force must have been
behind them But 1T was seldom that
ws permasted such premature toll 10
be taken of our spoil The harpOonsTe
and officers from THEIR lofty postum on
the cutting stage slew scores upon
SCORES by Simply dropping dheir keen
dslgs1 blmbbar spades upon ,1he soft
CROWNS of the struggling flsh, the cng
r,a;e whsre a shark IS vulnerable u
irL.anls death. The weapon sinks intC
this creatures brain, he gives a con
vu.lslve wuithe or two, releases his hO,C
and slowly cfnEs, followed aa ;hts dc
scunt by knit ca his immediate
neiglhbors, an anxious to provide him
with prompt sepu1chre witnin thea
own yearnfng mawe.
At such time as This time pre5anu
Of a man IN the watar rlght in thI
midst OF the hungry host, passes un
noticed ty them as long as he rs up0
the surface and fn I'M .tion. Among IN
isiandc while engaged in THE 'jhunp
backed" whale fishing, the natives weT
continually in and rUt of the waite
alongside where the sharks Hwarme
, innmmerable, but we rIever cav @
heaud OF one being bitten. And som
OF these sharks wsre of The most eilol
nous hrmensaor.s- -appr aohiIg
senguh Of ahirty feet and OF a bulk a
most equal to one of our whale boat
With that Wnerning ineaincs for spo
characteristic IL the sharks. they hegi
to cougregate in these seas almost col
semporaneously with an attack upon
whale by whale flshens. Now, one
the most frequent experiences i'm TIN
perilous trade rs that # stove" boa
nscessibsting a subsequent sojourn
the sea -eomeames %
hours. Under such canoumgtanoes-a
they have MANY titnes fallen 10 N
tihare-I am free TO confess that i har
always had a curious feeling atcut n
legs e II they Tsre mucA s.5 .on
and whenever anything touches the