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but the wicked — or transgressors of law, and 

 therefore the man deserves to die. 



A gentleman of our acquaintance informed us, 

 that he saw a young girl swimming from a Boston 

 vessel, waiting to receive a cargo of sandal 

 wood, with a heavy bar of iron on her shoulder, 

 which she had contrived to steal from the deck. 

 She swam under water a considerable distance, 

 before coming up for breath, but the moment she 

 was seen, the boats put off, with the expectation 

 of recovering the bar. 



Just as the boats were so near that she was fear- 

 ful of being struck with an oar, which was raised 

 by a man in the bow, she plunged a second time — 

 the boats pursued the track, but as she came up to 

 the surface, still holding the iron, a " mighty white 

 shark swallowed her at one effort ; — the veloci- 

 ty towards his object being so great, that as he 

 rolled upward, the girl was driven down his 

 throat." 



He also saw a shark seize a man by the leg, 

 just below the knee, who, at the instant, being 

 just ashore, grasped a projecting stone on the 

 beach. The Shark drew with all its might, but 

 the man held on, screaming most piteously for aid, 

 but, although many of his comrades were near, no 

 one came to his assistance. His leg was dreadfully 

 lacerated, and the bone crushed : — in that con- 



