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Show SHOT A WHITE WHALE. Entered English Salmon Net and Was Shot by a Fisherman. A correspondent of the london Dally Graphic says: A specimen of thai somewhat rare cetacean, tho white whale, or lielugn. actually entered en-tered a salmon net recently at Xaburn, near York. In the river Ouse, Bomo thirty-five miles or so from the sea. It made short work of the salmon net, but ono ot the fishermen loaded a gun and fired at the unfortunate whale. Otr the followh'- day It was found stranded In shallow water at Cawood, not far from Sclby. It was then hauled up on to a lorry nnd ex hibited round tho cotmi'-jsuio uy captors. It weighed ten hundred weight, measured a little over 11 feet In length, nnd the expense of tho tall was '2 feet 8 Inches. It was n beautiful beau-tiful creamy white color when I saw It nnd I propped open its Jaws with a stick. It had evidently come up so far rrom the sea In pursuit or the snlmon. Ao-nnling to "Hell," in the White Sea it Is very common, and a regular flsl v Is carried on In the spilug nnd summer at Solza, near the mouth of t. ! river Dvina. It possesses pos-sesses no d'-rsal fin, and, like most members of the family. It is gregarious, gregari-ous, sporting, feeding nnd migrating in herds of moderate numbers. Its skin affords very useful leather, and its blubber lehls oil or excellent quality. qual-ity. Its flesh Is said to bo much valued val-ued lu Greenland. In the fjualnt language lan-guage of Kgede. "It has no bnd taste, and when marinated with vinegar and salt. It IS an welt tasted as any pork whatever the tins nlso and the tall, pickled or sauced, are very gocd eating: eat-ing: so thnt he Is very good cheer" |