The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
FIGHT SHARKS UNDER WATER.
DARING or NAV tITS ShIiIED
nv FRS BENEATH THF W /.
Hunting Of the MUD. n Monster Now Past
disappearing. and Ills Leading Home.
Prisoner. to Execution Human
Flesh Formerly the Cheapest HIATT.

The shark now. NJ b. has always done,
| occupies an unique position IN o." Haw allan
Islands There are numerous instances
In which he was treated a. a god, and
IL was supposed that II a mother were 90
feed her infant 20 one, the 'hIlds lou!
would enter iuto the eniuAl- body and
the latter would ever after prov" a friend
TO IN. family A. ths Haw1.ianS rarely
cared In the old "A times TO Is bothered
with raising tlrii children, this Wa a con-
venion, and comforting by.ief.
AlthougI the waters surrounding the
island, ar Infested wi shark, Il l. rarely
tina a native fisherman exhibits any fear
o. them. and the fishermen think nothing
% running the most desrsrat" chances
in attacking While the native would
! not consider for n moment tn" capture
q! lis own especial god. Ire has no COM
FUNCTIONS ahou, taking som' other mans.
Thr uaiIyts disld" the shark ir"gn' nlhg
Hawaiian waters into Ave SPECIES, ~ fol
low The Nanu-kHnsAA ,fuHh tiaTkl y
tho shark god e the ancient HaNaliaIs
IN. Nnno. a large whit" shark, ana tie
Niuhl. the largest and irrCc~t # all. Tie
last two are rar,ly rcen In Hawaiian vn'ers
IN. \iull II snid To- - s's'i n long way
N at night 10y the bright grcerlsh light OF
lie eycbalis J. only - much feared 10y Tie
natives.
ne hamm---hcadod and white-nn sharks
arr captured IN Cll net, ~eIn" ar bag
nets with other il,h's Tie .ylc'r sI"'i
ar taken usually vith hook and Inc, A. re-
net would To- strong enough 80 old them
Shark hooks gr generally mad" ui n piece
II hardwood carved 80 the pruist .iiafr,
with a piece al SHARP pointed on" hsh,d
to the end 60 form th" zip Few Of the
hooks have q barn
put Frequently tho 2 ,hcrm"n take sharks
With sp~ars Diving 20 n iavorahl" si.i
N about hv. ~ SiS i1tEoIns ut water. "a"
fisherman plsC : hHT-rlf IA y h~alf-Crouchi'g
posture against u lafC' coral rock ard watts
Tor the -hnrE ~ appear. Nu"'t Hi' C'tn' :
h. darts tho sI"ar ir'u n vital spot, II poe
.ible. should ho fau 20 Kali the fish with
he spear IN. watches hi opportunity aud
completes 'hc operation WITH his knife,
fearle-sly engaging a. c'n~e quarter
should the shark appear WI L. hr = d.~crrd-
inn or ASCENDING "a tsttie ROYAL II on At
once, with tn. chances largely In favor Of
the shark. - the diver ~ unable 10 Use his
| spTar and must trust 20 his nile AT clos"
quarters, A. th" nStiv" l. apparently AZ
much al home fellow IA" rlrface NJ above
II his wonderful skill -ometinos v
him.
Frequently ,hc native socks the shrrk In
coyes and avss below the surface. after the
head forccd into the sidee q lts resting
place. IT," diver gently slips a nooso
around the tail ard the shark j. then hauled
up and despatched The slightest falls
movement 81 the diver would stGrtle and
h. would probably regret having attacked
Vet exr-rts have been known to capture
cir or eight sharks in n day In this manner.
In the oldtn times the catching II ~"
n uhi was made a ruysl sport, but therr
has been no regular Niuhi fishery for nearly
one hundred YEAR, 4 large quantity
Of the liV-rs IL th" common shark would
l.. obtained. md thc~', witt a littr Of
the fcsh. would b.. wrap ~d up In the eavcS
OF a.. u plant and lakri underground
Al ,ir..s. zig nsRt would al~o - u-rd
IRON nrv "a a hundred oi the largest
singse and dnubl" canoes soulI he luAd"d
With the TAXED n-t' anc lsrge quantities
81 the pounded rputs 81 Tho ava, Hnxrd
With q little water and put In brge sour,ts
The fset would Sail MANY NIL = pa go "a
Ia the dirSt.on from which the NiGhi vac
known To aIT-Sr. and, arriving a. a CON-
laratiycly shallow Ilacc, anchor
Then the Oakcc liver ard ir,at would le
thrown overheard a few bun,.lrp at a TIM,
10 attract the sharks Aher q few DAYS
the xrpNSe and sent ~ tho cooked meat
would spread through tLs ~aler Tor many