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had added the vital thrill so necessary for popular 

 appeal. There were some obstacles in the way, how- 

 ever. They would need the necessary bait to draw 

 the monster of the deep near enough to the obser- 

 vation window to ensure a good picture. They were 

 successful in securing the carcase of a horse, and 

 after considerable red tape opposition by the local 

 authorities, they had it towed out to the barge. 



The barge and the bait were taken outside 

 Nassau Harbour the next morning, and allowed to 

 drift along the edge of the ocean where sharks are 

 always lurking, big ugly fellows with dark-blue 

 backs and white bellies. The horse had been floating 

 here for scarcely fifteen minutes, when a long, 

 shadowy form was seen gliding, snake-like, past 

 the side of the barge. This shark presently went 

 away, and in half an hour came back with another. 

 Then these two went away, and returned soon after- 

 wards with two more, and so the hungry company 

 grew until a dozen sharks were circling round the 

 carcase of the horse. But they seemed to be shy 

 and suspicious of the strange swaying tube which 

 hung below the vessel, and they would not come up 

 to the horse, swinging there temptingly in range of 

 the motion picture machine. 



All that day and the next day the two young men 

 waited patiently and watched, but the sharks kept 

 at a distance, their fears stronger than their 

 hunger. On the third day, however, at about eleven 

 in the morning, one of the ravenous crew darted 

 forward and closed his jaws on the horse's flank. 



