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into the water, and, alike regardless of the Shark and 

 the high rolling surf, sprang to the relief of their 

 companion. It was too late ; the Shark had already 

 seized his prey. The affecting sight was only a few 

 yards from my door, and, while I stood watching, a 

 hirire wave almost filled the canoe, and at the same 



WHITE SHARK. 

 THE ATTITUDE OF THE FISH IN TAKING ITS PIIET. 



instant a part of the mangled body was seen at the 

 bow of the canoe, and the Shark swimming towards 

 it at her stern. When the swell had rolled by, the 

 water was too shallow for the Shark to swim. The 

 remains, therefore, were talcen into the canoe, and 



