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Show Scavengers of Sea Follow in Wake of Submarines ON BOARD AN AMERICAN DESTROYER DE-STROYER IN FRENCH WATERS, rOct30. fCorrcspondcnce of-the As- sociatod Press) Sharks and seagulls, the scavangers of the sea have learned to follow in the wake of tho submarines subma-rines and vatch and wait for the food likely to come from the wreckage of merchant vessels destroyed by the German sea wolves. This fact has been observed by the commanders of American destroyers and is used as a clue to hun down the Iltin at sea. The presence of schools of sharks and flocks of seagulls puts the mtjh of the American destroyers on the tiptoe tip-toe of expectation when they are hunting hunt-ing for a periscope in the path of American transports. One commander comman-der returning to port the other day said: "We saw a good many sharks and flocks of soagulls and these, you know, are a pretty good sign of submarines. sub-marines. "After several years of sinkings by submarines, the sharks and sea fowl have formed the habit of following in the wake of submarines knowing that food is likely to como from tho wreckage. wreck-age. Whether it is cargo thrown ov-orboard ov-orboard from the freighter or wreckage wreck-age thrown up from the torpodo explosion ex-plosion makes no difference; the appearance ap-pearance of sharks and birds usually moans that there arc submarines around," . oo |