CATCHING A MAN-EATER. 221 



run alongside the lower dock nearest the quar- 

 ters. 



After the eggs had been disposed of on shore 

 the shark-lines with several groupers were thrown 

 into the boat with a coral-hook as anchor, and 

 the boys started off again, poling along in the 

 direction they had observed the sharks. 



Upon reaching the spot the boat was laid 

 alongside the branch-coral that fringed the chan- 



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nel. and the loner coral-hook thrust into it instead 



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of an anchor, as it could be easily pulled up and 

 cast off. 



Tom baited one of the lines with a headless 

 grouper, and, swinging it around his head several 

 times, launched it out into the blue water where 

 the sharks had been seen but a short time before. 



" Now throw over these old heads and gills," 

 said Harry. 



Tom did so, and then, after seeing that the 

 line was run through a hole in the cut-water, sat 

 down to wait. 



They were chatting about their many expe- 

 riences when a splashing was heard astern, and 

 some of the bait that had drifted there was seen 



