. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. WHITE SHARK, OR I,(V„Wi,ira/n)i KniuMctii. These islanders have a very (luaiiit metliod of catching tho Shark—absurdly impotent in theory but strangely ettieacious in practice. They cut a large log of wood into the rude resemblance of a canoe, tie a rope round the middle, form the end of the rope into a noose, and then set it ailoat, leaving the noose to dangle in the water. Whether induced by curiositj^ or by what .strange impulse urged, is not
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. WHITE SHARK, OR I,(V„Wi,ira/n)i KniuMctii. These islanders have a very (luaiiit metliod of catching tho Shark—absurdly impotent in theory but strangely ettieacious in practice. They cut a large log of wood into the rude resemblance of a canoe, tie a rope round the middle, form the end of the rope into a noose, and then set it ailoat, leaving the noose to dangle in the water. Whether induced by curiositj^ or by what .strange impulse urged, is not very clear, but the fact is patent that beiore he noose has been Hoating very long, a SJiark is sure to push its head throucrh It, and on backing as soon as it feels the obstruction, is caught by the tightening "of the noose. Ihe natives then go olf in their canoes, chasing the liewildered Shark who is unable to dive on account of the floating log, and who is so lustily battered aliout the head with he heavy clubs so admirably made by tliose ingenious natives, that it is soon killed and hauled ashore in triumjih. Tlie colour of the White Shark is aslu'ii In-own abov(^ and wiiite below. The upper figure in the accmpanying illustration represents the 1USKIN(; Shark otherwise known by tiic name of Sail-fish and Sun-fish. The first and last names ure derived from its habit of lying motionless on the surface of the water, evidently enjoviug the rays oi the sun; and the term refers to the sail-like asiu'ct of its'first dorsal hn, ]>ro,|ects high out of th(, water when the fisli is swinnning near the Mirtace, as is shown m the iignre. In the Orkneys it is called the IIoMKH. 'Tliis word has no reference to the (ireek poc-t, with wlioni the rough fishermen are not likelv to have much , but is a contraction of 1 foe-mother, the iish being 'to be the paient of the hoe, or picked dog-iish, a species whicli will presently bc° described. P
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