The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-27

to me that the divers business would be
definitely concluded within a very brief
period after the waking OF the shark Ins
captain was saying something about head
ing an expedition to hang haUO IOr muir
Ger, a Door return for such exciting en-
tertainmeuJ as he was amOrdlng US
Down at the bottom OF the sea events
Were nearing a crisis
The diver unslung his moose. With
meTvelOuS dcftneSS he slipped ii over the
head Ct the monster anu threw uD his
hands I'm signal. Instantly those IN the
boat hauled IN the rope. the moose tight
ened and the shark was caught Have
you ever caught pickeTei stili-hshiugE
If so, YOU know that he sulks and comes
up slowly, but without any resistance,
except dead weight at iirst That is eX-
actly What TINS shark Gld- Op-up-Gp ne
came until the captain swore aloud
It's a swindle. The sharks dead he
cried
Verbal refutation of that statement
wasn't needed. There was a quick move
ment of the great hsh's tail KatO
shouted an order, and. those in the boat
let the rope slip. IL fairly sang on the
gunwale as the shark darted down al
/ the diver. The man had moved off a few
feet, bur now he planted himself firmly
seized his puny little sword in both hands
and waited. We saw the white OF the
monsters belly as he turned. SHARK
fashion, to seize his prey and the CLEAN OF
MS InurderOGs teeth Then the great
bulk was hurled U9On the diver. and in
the furious cOmmCtfOn of the water sight
was mercifully shut OF. I felt sick and
wrOth with KatO; KatO, upon whose hate
ful, grinning face 1 looked when / opened
my eyes again.
The next thing I saw was a red stain
on the surface of the water. Then my
eyes wandered TO the bow OF the canoe,
ana tnere' climbing, upon the oveFhang,
painting strongly, tor he had been an
der water for three minutes. The
blood thaU had come TO The surface
was not his, but his adversary S.
Standing firm 10 the onset he mad bent
swiftly TO one side, as the shark dart
rigid, had slit the great body Almost
TO the tail. Then dropping ms weight
he had leaped Tor the surface Tor
blow from the tail of the Inortaily
wounded creature might nave struck
him dead Now ne was SQuatt1ng COM
at the captain. who had clambered
over the paddlemen to shake hands
WITH him / atterWdrd asked MIN why
ne did not come to the surface al once
after lasSOing has prey, and he gave two
reasons, FIRST. that "A man IN miu-sVater
or on the surface is at the mercy of a
creature could never had been landed,
but might have stove in or OVerJurne
the boat He had been hunting sharks
for years, he added, and never out once
had been knocked down On that &C
casion he succeeded IN thrusting upward
and piercing ms aSsatiant-
Meantime the shark had died in
final furry At a signal from katQ
the carcass was pulled alongside, ana
made fast TO the Jhwarts OF me canoe
with small line. Thls accomplished
we prepared to disentangle it from the
rope, the whole length or which, about
nifty feet. was wound in an apPar-
entity lneXtricabie snarl from the wId
rushing and thrashing of Lhe monster
in his dedJH thrOeS. / was DuSlly ID
tent on the subsequent securing OF me
shark to the side OF the canoe Wheu
heard a sharp, cutting sound m the
water, and, TO my qIsInaS' 1i "a" tld az Il
came from the gam topsall-ilke IN OF =
huge shark. which was conf g up Win
the speed Of torpedo boat IN pres
euce of Ehis new monster was likewise
al once deserted BY katO and the
others. In place Of the almost DEAN
like silence which had prevailed miner
TO. an unearthly hubbub arose; Tor
score more OF similar SuttlHs ii IN,
coming from as many different qlIeS-
tons showed that the smell OF Diooo
from the dead shark hdd dtttacteu
whole school of the sleeping monsters :.
Our diver hastily bundled the rope Owe
the side and s5izing his kris, cut TIE
line attaching the canoe 90 the SHARK
At that moment one Of tne puTsultls
monsters made a rush, and eleaFing Jhe
over the back of the carcass uod'iis
alongside
An the first intimation OF this. new
danger the canoes had begun = haStS
scramble for the shore, but being lar
thest removed from the channei We
had not proceeded ten yards Wnen Ee
vera surrounded on all SIDES oy IN
ulau-eaterS. WhC Circieu around dtu
gradually closed in on us ih9Tousiils
aroused the creWmeu worked IKE dt-
mons Suddenly there was grazing
sound under the keel, and the IIah
craft was site half out Of the water
III the crewmen had not promptly Idlien
into the bottom of the canoe We Shouie
i'm an probability have been capSiIeu- -
paddle. which in the excitement on "
moment / had seized and put over Lle
Side. and 10 which / was holding on
mechanically, was torn from my sie 80
and -uauued in two by one OF inc
mUuters.
A moment more and the eNultant cries cries
of k4to and the canO- men ANNOUNCED ma
we were in shallow water near the shote'
safe from further attacks OF the man
eaters. When the captain and / conooleG
with Kato on the loss of the ldssoed
shark he said il made no diitereEce' the
fish was no use to him.
Don't YOU eat them asked the cap
tain
.tNo good TO eat" said the chief. and
explained that ne could catch them easily
with hook and line il he wished, but that
would not be sport. The hunt was merely
for pleasure Hunt again tomorrow,
he added, Hospitality.
But we firmly declined One was
enough. Frequently these hunts eiiu
fatally TO the diver. some times 10 the
crew. Last year one of Katos canoes
was overturned and the entire crew o.
seven deVOured by the man-edters- htto
himself has had more tnan one narrow
escape. but his sporting spirit mas not
been in the least damDened. ana ne -
famous all through the island as a shark
hunter