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these appeared too small morsels for our voracious 

 customers, — and for two days we were unsuc- 

 cessful. 



"A young goat happening to die at this time, it 

 was immediately fastened on a hook for a bait ; it 

 had not been overboard many seconds, when one 

 of the sharks was seen to approach, smell of it, 

 turn on his back, and in a trice, swallow it. After 

 considerable difficulty, we hoisted this monster on 

 board, in doing which, with a stroke of his tail, he 

 shivered the bulwarks near him, into a thousand 

 splinters ; and it was, indeed, with great difficulty 

 we despatched him, even though the tail was imme- 

 diately chopped off to prevent further damage to 

 the property on deck. He measured eighteen 

 feet in length. 



" It was now suggested, it would be worth while 

 to bait another hook, with the entrails of the first 

 captive. In a few minutes the hook was in readi- 

 ness, and a second shark was taken, which was 

 longer and larger than the other, to appearance ; 

 but it was so violent in its struggles, that it suc- 

 ceeded in snapping off the chain, attached to the 

 hook, and escaped. 



*•" The jaws of the one we saved, when cleaned, 

 were so large as to be slipped over the body of a 

 man. From the liver, alone, were procured more 

 than ten gallons of oil." 



