100 SaUALIDES. 



these appeared too small morsels for our voracious 

 customers, — and for two days we were unsuc- 

 cessful. 



"A young goat happening to die at this time, it 

 was immediately fastened on a hook for a bait ; it 

 had not been overboard many seconds, when one 

 of the sharks was seen to approach, smell of it, 

 turn on his back, and in a trice, swallow it. After 

 considerable difficulty, we hoisted this monster on 

 board, in doing which, with a stroke of his tail, he 

 shivered the bulwarks near him, into a thousand 

 splinters ; and it was, indeed, with great difficulty 

 we despatched him, even though the tail was imme- 

 diately chopped off to prevent further damage to 

 the property on deck. He measured eighteen 

 feet in length. 



" It was now suggested, it would be worth while 

 to bait another hook, with the entrails of the first 

 captive. In a few minutes the hook was in readi- 

 ness, and a second shark was taken, which was 

 longer and larger than the other, to appearance ; 

 but it was so violent in its struggles, that it suc- 

 ceeded in snapping off the chain, attached to the 

 hook, and escaped. 



'' The jaws of the one we saved, when cleaned, 

 were so large as to be slipped over the body of a 

 man. From the liver, alone, were procured more 

 than ten gallons of oil." 



