Well," said the shark, "we know these pirates to be a bad lot--especially Ben Ali.
So the shark went off and chased Ben Ali over to the Doctor.
They might well have been considered winged
sharks, so striking was their resemblance to those ferocious rangers of the deep.
But the
sharks and
sharks of various orders and degrees, he concluded, were on the surface.
The sea persisted in flinging them upon her bit of sand, and she persisted, until her strength failed, in thrusting them back into the sea where the
sharks tore at them and devoured them.
He had his choice, based on bitter experience, between three days' debauch among the
sharks and harpies of the Barbary Coast and a whole winter of wholesome enjoyment and sociability, and there wasn't any doubt of the way he was going to choose.
I have always understood that the natives are not afraid of
sharks.
The storm shall not wake thee, nor
shark overtake thee, Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas
By-and-by Irene came to the entrance of our cave, where by the light of her torch we could see her exploring a
shark that had been harpooned by David earlier in the day.
Fully a dozen feet in length, with the unmistakable phosphorescent cat's eye gleaming like a drowning star, I knew it for what it was, a tiger
shark.
By this time, he must have been swallowed by the Terrible
Shark, which, for the last few days, has been bringing terror to these waters.
It was an even toss whether the
shark or we would get him, and it was a matter of moments.
