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ijUC'HCC, as to lead tliciu to suppose that their 

 (Ji«s0ltifcioit is nigh ; but they eaimol per- 

 suaded i^t ^ m^iit&g <3i t&w Bsh is tBXm, 

 An emetic soon removes tlie sj^mptoms, hy re- 

 iiioving' tlic cause ; and the sufferer coiisiders the 

 cure us ahnost miracidous. 



4tteitding tlie shark, is seen that beautiful 

 little Mk, tlu^ Gk^itmtem fhd&r, or p^^M; 

 which first approacWi^ the bait, returns as if to 

 give notice, wlien, immediately after, the shark 

 approaches and seizes it.* It is a curious cir- 

 oumstauce that-fiCf elegaat little fish lis seem m 

 ^tteiltetoe^ly 11^11 &6 sh&^. Albef^ shark 



]|Qii;rkied, the i)ilot-fish still swini al>ont, and 

 for some tiuie after lie lias been liauled on th'ck ; 

 they then swim very near the surface of tlie 

 water, and at that lime 1 3te?e seen ikm takeit 

 by a. basket Setm tlie chains of the Aif. When 

 the Bhark has l>em. tmSmi and ^kfttowis es- 

 capes, he fi;enerally returns, and reucws tht^ attaek 

 wit.li iuci'eased leroeity, irritated perhaps by the 

 wound lie has received. 



* The sliark is more wary of taking the bAtt when, tmae- 

 is&mpix^d hy the pilot-fish? IfcwSU then approach^ exiSi Htm, 



several times before it ventures to seize it ; but when the 

 little pilot is in coui]niiiy it will fu-st upproueh tlie buit, (liic 

 ehfti^t «r«{ilj»^^t si^ 4iSts^) Ahcl ^turft, ^ if to f0fmHt 

 when tlie tibark lubances aiicl seizes the bah n itliuut IlC^lta- 

 lion : this I buve reuiai'kctl in luuucruus iubluucc^. 



