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Show A-'-- " z SHOT A WHITE WHALE. Entered English Salmon Net afd Wan Shot by a FlohermaiS' A correspondent of tbfT London Daljv graphic jia)s'A,'iitcjmen of that t fbm'evv ftnjP'lrni gPcctaccoiit'.tho uhlto, whale For ffitluTn igctunllcn tcreifla amoffliutpeffiuTFntwnburnT nearYtTrTt, lit thT rjtirouse, Fome thlrtv-flvi' miles or ffiUfrom he sen. It mmle short work of tho salmon net but ono of tho fishermen bailed a pin nnd fir,eU a the unfortunate whale On tho follow In- ilay It wns found branded 'in shallow water at Cawood. not far from Scluy. II thrn hauled up on to n lorry and ex. hlhltrrt rottnil tho conntrgldc by ui ca'nrs. It weighed ttn hundred weight, mesisurfd n little over 11 feet in lohRth. ami the oxpeupo of tho tail as'2'ffCt S Inches. It was a benit-llfii' benit-llfii' creamy white color when I saw It and I proppcil optn Its Jaws with a stick It had evidently come up so far from tho sen In pursuit of the salmon According to "Hell " In the Whlto Son U.ls vtrv common, nnd a remlnr flil' r is carilH on In tin Hi,rlng and .summer nt Solrn, near thf month of t t river Dv.m it possesses pos-sesses no dorsal fin, and. like moil members of the family it 1 gregnrf oim sportlm.- feeding and mlprntlmj In herds of moderate numbers ItF skin nffonjs very tieful leather nnd Its blubber ylthls oil of excellent quality qual-ity Its flesh Is said to bo much mi!-tied mi!-tied In Greenland In the nunlnt language lan-guage of Kgeilp. 'It has no bad tasto and when mailnnted with vinegar and salt It is ns well tasted as any pork whHtevor; tho flns also nnd the taK pickled or sauced. a-o very good eating; eat-ing; so that he Is very Kood "beer" |