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left of her. But then, Cambletes was quite uncon- 

 scious what he was doing; whereas, the shark's 

 mark of attachment was evidently intentional. It 

 may, however, be doubted, from the voracity with 

 which he eat, whether his conduct on this occasion 

 was not as much influenced by the sentiment of 

 hunger as of love ; and if he were absolutely 

 on the point of starving, Tasso might have ap- 

 plied to this couple, with equal truth, although 

 with somewhat a different meaning, what he says 

 of his " Amanti e Sposi — 



" Pende 



D' un fato sol el* una e 1' altra vita :" 



for if Madam Shark had not died first, Monsieur 

 must have died himself for want of a dinner. 



December 17. (Sunday.) 



On this day, from a sense of propriety no doubt, 

 as well as from having nothing else to do, all the 

 crew in the morning betook themselves to their 

 studies. The carpenter was very seriously spell- 

 ing a comedy; Edward was engaged with " The 

 Six Princesses of Babylon ; " a third was amusing 

 himself with a tract " On the Management of 

 Bees; " another had borrowed the cabin-boy's 

 " Sorrows of Werter," and was reading it aloud 

 to a large circle — some whistling — and others 

 yawning; and Werter's abrupt transitions, and 



