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immediately turned round, and swam slowly 
toward the man, who, in his turn, nothing 
daunted, struck out the arm that was at 
liberty, and approached his foe. When 
within a foot or two of the Shark, the 
native dived beneath him, the animal go- 
ing down almost at the same instant. 'The 
bold assailant in this most frightful contest 
soon re-appeared on the opposite side of the 
Shark, swimming fearlessly with the hand 
he had at liberty, and holding the rope be- 
hind his back with the other. The Shark, 
which had also, by this time, made his ap- 
pearance, again immediately swam toward 
him; and while the animal was apparently 
in the act of lifting himself over the lower 
part of the Native’s body, that he might 
seize upon his prey, the man, making a 
strong effort, threw himself up perpendicu- 
larly, and went down with his feet foremost ; 
the Shark following him so completely at 
the same moment, that I was fully impressed 
with the idea, that they had gone down 
grappling together. As far as I could 
judge, they remained nearly twenty seconds 
out of sight, while I stood in_ breathless 
