SHARKS IN SOUTHERN WATERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 271, 17 November 1887, Page 7

SHARKS IN SOUTHERN WATERS.

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,fc . g ], tt rks ! y° u should see the 'S ey have in the harbour of San fe fel! ° , JL 'peaber was an old sea *V'k«e voyazes have led him to exof the globe. "What P-iL a *>te shark in fcheS6 Watei ' S "ffavei-y small one there," he confj The slaughter-house where beeves ftwfte killed every day to supply IS of San Domingo with meat stands U ■ rocky eminence over-looking the #"* Th e sharks come every clay at a * • krtfltO feed upon fche ofial thrown « r There are hundreds of £ udtbe way they fight is terrible to jump out of the water *J. lm and lash it into foam with "Jtoils One bitr fellow, fully twenty Winter*, is called b y the San Domi »- Captain of the Harbour.' He is &y• fierce, and has killed several sc ®ViyL Every seafaring man who !?visited the harbour of San Domincro Ltitf for he is the first shark to make nearance in the wake of a vessel. He "■ ttTfirsi seen in the harbour twenty laeo and has found the living so good Ltbjt he has never left it since. I supajieistiie most celebratei shark in the Bisks of Divers. «lWtb6 popular belief that divers for kjiliand sponges in waters where sharks otnd incur terrible risks, but this is not it, A careful man has notliing to fear. to .lnto the water heavily weighted, aadiver's helmet on his head, which enAj Ma-to fismain under the surface a BtoiJjnd is usually armed with a long S knife. When he sees a shark apradiing, which in those clear waters may (rises 100 yards off, he has only to lie with his back to the bottom of do living shark can harm him. iitiife compiled to turn over on their Itti before they can seize their prey. jj&iontM are placed so far back of is anouts that it is only by swimqalder their victims and turning, that ifcaiHiie their vicious jaws with effect. Siortr Outwits them by acting as I have gSM. Sometimes a shark will try to Sblmoai from his position, but a few I Iwnl the sheath knife settle that «rjpeedily. The Avounded shark »off With the speed of an arrow and ifter pnlls bis rope and is liauled to ijjrjsce., men kilied in the jsiind sponge fisheries are native divers, Wire into the water naked without

iji&is of defence other than a knife. afalii efay tinder water for only a ante or two at a time, and if a shark apEiclte.they must either fight him or rise Jjifljfiii.tne surface and climb into the Bk Even tinder such disadvantageous Ramstances few of them lose their lives.

Fear Paralysis. •fl» : greete»t danger to be feared in the KfaiM a&ark is the paralysis of fear. SrijM6Sß very hungry will not attack a en while in motion. They swim around eyes waiting , for one moment tetldi 1 victim shall remain quiet, and saiaietheironelaught. On the coast of W the natives fight sharks fearlessly. fefeiifer ffie ocean naked, having first Weir bodies in order that they may the water easily. Their only fessisa ijtoufc stick about two feet in m iharpeaed at both ends. The J*fe.M clear that they can see of feet around them. When them they wait until ■ f^M feirrifl on his back and a*s he WM to seize them they thrust the wwjjwise into his mouth and swim off. wmttiMOt. being' held open by the JateßMon drowned, when the natives w him ashore and feast upon his flesh. ''typitl 86'iiofc believe that sharks are ™c to American waters. I have heard «men gay that they came from Africa, rS.iti the wake of the first slavers "*« tt> this country. These vessels ways so overcrowded thab many died f * T ? ya S e and were thrown overboard. upon their bodies until they "•"Was side of the ocean."

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