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to Bee it for a good vMle — but we failed to catch sight of it again. 
The next day at about noon we saw the sme fellow again, and again we 
lost track of it. 
Today Chris and Wed were out farther in the bay on the Clifton side, 
when they also saw a big shark. They had been swiHHaing, but were in the 
boat and underway at the time. The fish was near the surface, so they 
pulled alongside, and paced hlia, pulling in until they could have reached 
out to touch his dorsal. The shark was ashling along near the eurfaee 
(they Judged him to be about ten feet long) and appeared to be ikying them 
no attention. But suddenly it veered to the side, turned quietly, and 
slaBmied head-on into the boat. The action was ao sudden and unexpected 
that Chris, who was leaning over the side, caiae close to being spilled 
overboard. The shark wheeled and struck the boat a^in, but this tin® 
back near the stem. There was a good deal of coemotion, aM the shark 
took off at high speed. The boys thought that very probably it had got 
nicked by the propeller. Nobody has ary notion what kird of shark it 
was, nor why it acted as it did. Tlie only explanation I have is that 
the big flBh Just didn't like being pushed around. At least I hope that 
is the explanation. 
August 7 . Friday. Today some more close-upe of the burrower, and then 
moving the whole shebai^ a block or two for eom of the san» sort of 
close shots of the Jawfish &rA the mantis shrimps. The problem was that 
we were short of big mantises. Chris and Wed had gone for them In the 
zooming early, but we were Just going back under water after lunch when 
they came along in their boat. AM all they tod was bad news. They had 
