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POPULAR MECHANICS

SHARK SHIP HUNTS SEA TERRORS TO MAKE SHOES

Huge Nets, Planted by a Fleet of Ten Motorboats, Are Used to Catch the Sharks: the Big Fish in Their Fright Dash Around and Struggle Until Their Gills Close and They Suffocate; Thirty Tons of Sharks Are Often Handled Daily: Above Is a Shark Jaw and, at the Right, a Group of London Children Getting Acquainted with the Teeth of the Man-Eater A Shark Ship, Built from a Yacht That Served in the American Navy during the War, Has Returned from Australia to London, after a Successful Season Hunting the Terror of the Seas to Turn His Hide into Shoes, Luggage and Hand Bags, His Fins into Delicacies for Chinese Epicures, His Carcass into Oil for Fine Watches, and the Odds and Ends into Fertilizer: Above Is the Ship, the "Istar," and a Shark Skin Ready for Tanning P. & A. Photos
Huge Nets, Planted by a Fleet of Ten Motorboats, Are Used to Catch the Sharks: the Big Fish in Their Fright Dash Around and Struggle Until Their Gills Close and They Suffocate; Thirty Tons of Sharks Are Often Handled Daily: Above Is a Shark Jaw and, at the Right, a Group of London Children Getting Acquainted with the Teeth of the Man-Eater A Shark Ship, Built from a Yacht That Served in the American Navy during the War, Has Returned from Australia to London, after a Successful Season Hunting the Terror of the Seas to Turn His Hide into Shoes, Luggage and Hand Bags, His Fins into Delicacies for Chinese Epicures, His Carcass into Oil for Fine Watches, and the Odds and Ends into Fertilizer: Above Is the Ship, the "Istar," and a Shark Skin Ready for Tanning P. & A. Photos