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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 49, 21 February 1876, Page 2

The following is from the Southland Daily News'. — ll An old colonist and still older fisherman, who resides near the jetty, and pursues his favorite pastime — weather permitting — at all seasons of tho year, had a dangerous encounter last week with a shark. It B.ems tho old gentlemen had gone down the river a few miles alone in a dinyy, 'just to catch a wheen red cod,' and having duly baited his hooks, waited for ' bites.' Presently he got oho, and proceeded to haul in the fish. As it neared the surface, to his astonishment and some slight alarm, he saw that his fish, a line red cod, was followed by another of much larger dimensions-— in short, a hungry-looking shark, nearly, if not quite, the length of the boat. To use the sturdy old fisher's own words, • The fellow, ye ken, actually seized the fish oot o' ma bauns nnd tried to mak' awa wi't. The heuk and line stood wouderfu' for a meenit or twa, whiles I raxed for roa' sheeih knife aud then teuk a dig at him. whiik frightened him awee. I really thocht ance that he intendit to loap intil the boat, and ma ceriie, 1 was n. sorry whan he gaed awn. I did'na cUch mony fiah at that place, ye may be vera sure, but I did pretty well at aoither. People that gae eooming sud leuk oot."