THE IMPENETRABLE SEA 



Big Fish:^ *' Underwater hunting is evidently not a sport 

 without risks." He gives accounts of many of his fights 

 with big fish, and says of the harmlessness or otherwise of 

 sharks : "Ninety-nine times out of a hundred the shark 

 has had enough (if he sees the menacing harpoon pointed 

 at him) and flees ; the hundredth time he is something to 

 be reckoned with. On the other hand, if this same shark 

 sees a bather breaking the surface of the water and wav- 

 ing arms and legs in ignorance of the dangerous locality, 

 he may be tempted to attack him." Yet splashing about 

 in the water is regarded by many as the surest way to 

 frighten away sharks ! 



♦Burke, London, 1954. 



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