Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-13

mai : we shmid ,.nba,h, 80. 49,,
m,ickIv ..rbe eionh,,'t,.' ,, "nsmu'
bering that mi arc NOT fish which
swim I'm the son wo should nc o,icll,.
add. The whale" Rishtlv foo mis-
time. for the s,ilnhur hotion, wbnin
of The Pacific Is nrohahlv lo,.o, than
ami S,ther creoture It,,inr M oytinct
Which eve- moved o,.-hre,tbod ,,,on
the surfoc, ~, the oo,,h !, &C. ,.,,,.,r
little for its oil ann vInIthnno ma
This. combinod with ne oc,i,.;t,. Inc
resulted in inc ev,min,tio,, ~ ray,
individuals rhos -, .n,no iona,,, is
about n hundred feet with ! v,.,i.ht
Of some one hnndred ana riftv tons
Tho iowbonn olono1,sing NO. tvo,t,.
feet Ionp INC a,,osmo,,. si,a Of
whales may M ,nnrecintod ernn NO
fact thot = nawlv' M, h,,v yvbal.
measures ,hou, ,wontv roo, IN ,on.,l,
-twice nc Inn. nc mo l,,yos, az
rho smallest mammal would ,n -
nuyz,er IN moe, Of ne. INF t,cre ;s
NO douht ,hnut no ,,,ino ono -, o,,,.
shrews-tiuv mous,p,e c,oa,urne rn.
latad "a tho molos Tho sn,,llo.t is
nhout nc lonr &c ono,s littla r;n,,o.
ana vol ,s activn ana b,rdw oro,,oh
In ho RUNNING nround al wintor jts
WOO coat fur nrotoc,irg /; ooo;rst no..
ro ,yootho,
wa - No.. .A, ,,
e".,''o' ~ " as.oiiisner WIZ
He u,s, -, .i'e von.es' .,. io' 'ne
"ouptiui honor Oh pelhs the most vo
,acio's ahil'iai III we wo-iu' ana WIN
ms charac'eris.ie II WOULD perhaps Op
correct 10 lhciuoe iierceness' i'ioh
ana use. coii.c ihs,aiu! 10 ii'iilu'
' n", 'mJ 80 y, ..ssS 1 49,. W ~,
gro,,ns no other Than tha onos nj.
ready mentioned shrews md WALES
= Thrao, inv shave have haon nIoc.
cd under mn ordinorv ,,ose ,nr,hio
L ond have hagun ficbtinm ~ onco
/. showinr thot tha;, name ie vol de-
en,yai In loss thau oi,,ht hour, onlv
ono was left this rnyenous wild beost
u, n,;naturo havino sloin ana dovo,,rnd
two ne how ne itseIf No lion INV.
ovo,. hnnpr, and fierce conId hnrin IN
occomnIish THE faat in tho san,e time
The Meet vor,cioue React
. mt tho killer whale a creature ION
10 twontv foot lonn ,nd closolv rolot
Cd ~ the dolnbins is nrobably excel.
iod in righteousness Inv no living
mammal II is swift and wonderfully
strong. and seems TO kill for the
sheer love of slaughter Three or four
killers will churn rapily along near
The surface of the ocean, and when
they encounter whale. no matter
how. enormous. they hurl themselves
al II like a pack of wolves. II is said
that the whale is often so paraly2ed
npparently~s with fright. Mt the on
slniaiit- of these terrible. creatures
that ii submits passively to It's inc
Even u whale captured bv whalers
Inns been known 10 he seized and
dragged out of reach by these fearless
oncs In tho stomach OF one Riller
on,y sixteer feet long have been found
thirteen nornoises and fourteen seals.
The largest and fierccst of the bull
son lions seek the shore In terror
whom killers onnear. The Young wal
r,soe sometimes climb I'm on thei
,notbars' hacks. but n killer has been
scan 10 dive beneath. rise with terri
fic force and. knocking the pup into
Az water deyour IL before its parent
could mid II further to escape So IL
eoons thot the killer deserves the
,;cbt tn tho title of The most vOra-
cious and fiercest mammal in the
world
nj, a,jo, ehort distance RIM.
no.. on,ona tha mammals Is undoubt
edlv one Of the antelopes, and though,
ill., ill., h,man snrinters. its pace is so
comparatively short distances. yet foi
killing that can he kept up for only
n mile or two it's speed makes ga!
Looping horse seem almost stationary.
Yet some. such rs the springboks,
have remarkable staying power, and
have been known again and again TO
rln pack of greyhounds to Il stand