New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
MANY BIG TURTLES.

--e turtles Of The Ray grow 70 q great SIZE, ana
only less 1u-l=rUCs than the sharks NE gen
"a which les along TIE lower shell Is ere o. IIe
greatest deBcalias known 10 epiclres. while the
-e- n me meat though tough. works Up into most
DELICIOUS sc1r They are killed while II
7ae water u shooting but -he popular method OF
csu1--e IS 20 rush them on the beach ana tlfh
t-e-1 over before they caa reach the hay
W-z-er fowl o< many varieties are very numerous
soou- Ire ba-. and the duck shooting along TIE
sao-e 1z 20 WIKI lr<e-tcr rho glIa1 shooting ten
niles t~-a-S Pelican shooting also affords no
l-ttle suc-r- besides furnishing the o11ceTs WIN
unique souvenirs u the form O. rooes MADE
n sev--E roEe-he~ the skin O. the breasts % 4
rU-b@- OF these great birds The pelican IS on"
c. - -1os~ tenaciouslv fea1hered birds known 20
nsE--al history. and one q these ro6es. neSlo'7
herE v=-v beautiful is practically tnoestrlctlA'-
n Lhe course c. ordinary wea-- They may "a
h,1gl- <---- n Indians bur IS those % obtained
r-s .-vz~Lsb bv filthy beyond description, there -
r-zccczlv 10 oLhe- course open rcr the WoHio-ne
poRezso- 5ur tc XIII Ms own birds As L i5 raTs>
-oE5sz % zr--cech z 7ccK q pellcaus close
enough &C. Z shotgun 70 r used efTecf1Fels. ne
n1s r. killed one 5y cne with Z rife a 1eal
u-i-- -scu,rss 10 little skill with thai weapon
--t-rs ceIiczn robe IS worth from So9 70 S7-o
sooordrg 70 lis The value being usually com
p-re5 TIE % about 2 dollar z SA1n
Ea-s-a Is wont proudly 70 boast that her Ne
re -t5uyczes'-rhe big pool II re rocks lnd"r
Mc--o Castle where rney used 70 drop TIE bodies
- Re executed prlscners oU- through = chCIe-
IS -ae E1z-ktesr spot IN the world and there are
---as-oug ether points II the tropics which 4aY
clz.n ro Ire same distinction but Msgczlena baV
g ne c-Ly r-ze and original founC Of Eharkdor-
? nez-d Il oIc Ia On one rhe a-racrsd cruisers
retng so-,e visitors that the rao-earers were SO
r1:ck zr--zC TIE bow ot his ship when she
srezr,sd into the bay that they couldn't heave the
ies6 C1rouzh -hera 70 take Eoundlngs- And another
ch.reo = 70 say rha. Magdalena Bay was as good
e orydock because the dorsals Of the sharks
Ec-zued sII the ba-racLes OF the bottoms OF the
vesseIs. Allowing something for '1eeway' on these
stories q. fact stiu remains that sharks are re-
EE-ksbly uuusrouE theTeabouLs-
LLts 81 other Ieviathans o1 the oeep-anlrlais
and fran.r1ate-the shark cften suffers from bar
nscles ard other marine parasites that attach
themselves % his hide. On the island Of Santa
2zrga-1la side oI the bay fs fat reef OF coral
washed tide by only foot or two Of water
To this place the sharks with foul bottoms are
wont 70 resort. ana after picking out spot where
their bodies are 1uEt aHash. lie for hours while
tls gently moving waves rock and rub them back
snc forth against the rough coral Of the reef This
nature treatment is said 10 be most eficacious'
and the Spectacle Of q dozen or more big tigers
cozng contentedy & the warm waters sway them
-ng II Z pleased sort CT way dog does when
ToU scratch !rs back, is something calculated 10
awaken for the moment least feeling almost
EE-n sympathy for these most universally dread
&C Of q Gods creatures