The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-01

an irregular triangle the boundary oi
the hunt. From buoy to buoy ran the
lines Of iron netting imprisoning with
| in their wide sweep the hundreds OF
fierce sharks that Folliott had careful.
| " herded there.
In a spacious shed erected for its
accommodation Oh the shore of the
reserve, high and dry on slips, lay the
submarine in which the pursuit was to
be undertaken. Judged by the eye
measurement, its length did not ex.
coed some fifty feet, with diameter
Of about eight. 1t was, therefore, as
submarines go, Ut insignificant dimen-
sions, large ones never being used by
marine sportsmen. Painted grayish
green hue. 1t possessed only one pc.
culiarity by which it might be distin.
guished from the hundred-and-one 9th
or submarines that swarm in all the
shallower seas Of the globe. In the for
ward part, just aft of the portion that
sloped to the spur, was chamber
open to the sea. For walls and ceiling
1t had only bars Of steel, each an inch
or SO in diameter, and placed at inter.
walls OF about foot.
We stood smoking and chatting by
the vessel. Folliott entertaining us
with varied anecdotes and reminisc-
ences of the sport.
"They are extremely wary in being
hunted said he, laughing. "They did
in my place In the Kurile Islands. /
have sold It now. But never have
descended to the mean tricks of
soames. You know him, Harville?"
mo, think not
He has shark reserve in the
West Indies and hunts In fast sub
marine, with long, pointed Prov. He
rams the creatures actually impales
them! Can anything be viler? Forum.
ately. 1t would be impossible here; the
Pro-Consul Of Malaysia has interdict-
ed It. Such abominable savagery!"
saw Medium wink at me with a
serious face, but kept countenance.
There is Applethwaite. too" con.
unued Folliott- Every season he hunts
whales in the Aleutians in the same
way, but he has no reservation Of
course. Now, have hit upon a new
method Of shark hunting, which have
practised with complete success on
several occasions. l am intending to
show it you tomorrow"
Frazier. Medium and expressed
our deep interest, and Folliott resum-
ed:
AS you know, there are now many
forms of dresses in which q diver can
raise and lower himself in the water
at will, without tubing or any incon-
venience of that kind. In fact, 1t is
possible to swim In them. though they
are all more or less imperfect at pres
emit"
II tried once several years ago in
Lake Como and was nearly drowned"
said Frazier.
They are improved now. and when
was last in Winnipeg came across
q young man who was dying OF
! phthisis. He had invented and made
a diving dress in which one could
swim with an ease and facility that is
quite marvellous, considering its
weight and clumsiness. l bought and
patented it. intended floating COM
many to work the patents, but that is
not what was going to tell you. The
thing will revolutionize sea sport. In
the future every shark fighter will be
clad in this dress, and will fght the
shark in the open in their native ele-
ment. will myself tomorrow-my
sword against their jaws"
"Here?" l exclaimed aghast.
| Yes, here in the waters of this re-
serve. Where else?"
But that aadness," cried Meld
rum.
POOH" said Folliott contemptu
ously, as he struck another match.
Before the Malaysian sun was very
high next morning we four found our.
selves in the submarine as it plunged
gently into the waters of the lagoon,
out of the sight of the crowd OF the
| ubiquitous Celestials and 1.-THE limbed
Malays banked upon the foreshore
Folliott, encased in his strange garb-
marvellous appliance with floats and
promiscous jointed fins-was in the
cage. | also was with him, clad In an
ordinary diving dress. Frazier and Mel
drum for the time watched the pro-
ceedings from the steersman's room,
out OF the windows of toughened glass
through which Folliott and 1 could
give our signals to the engineer. To
the right of these windows was the
door to the lock chamber, by which
one entered or left the cage.
We proceeded along the southern
!