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We caught p . shark in the Bay of Vera Cruz ^ it [ v ^ unm uptyur ^ of sixteen feet in length . The rascal fcad fa'tovraLus tnree days , and stolen several pieces of salt teef t !) at ^ rp towirig O 7 er the sids to be freshened for dinner . Wji % f ) i | j ^ rolled ^ bout on tHe chain-hook a sufficient time , We ' 1 $ e& mua-dozep jnusket balls into his back to make him ordeSl ^ KSqp quiet , ^ nd then clipped on a tackle and Tan him up . tcT ^ lie main y $ rd arm . He huog there above twenty raiqutefi , aftfl as lie appeared quite finished we then lowered him updti the deck , | Je lay perfectly motionless till a c ? owd had fathered round him , wqea he suddenly grasped and lifted ub rn * iaiTL
Sharks Kfrye beeij . known to break a man ' s leg by a Wcw pf iue ta ^ | i aa 0 r ptmilar circumstances . We ell gitye Kim w ^ my ^ t roorp . in f ^ . ni ^ piQbt . It seemed an abortive effort Hp ^ evfetl ami fre ag ^ i fl | ay a » if stone dead . The ^ htpyfrightk ^ ai ^ bje ^ It wo / k upon tlie boats , and several of their tools hklpf ^ fkiQym qhQut tfe ^ d eg k , one pf th ^ main-to p men , who ^ nfew In 5 w ! a stark would " finesse" in his last moments for the bak ^ of nls
revenge , took up the carpenter ' s axe apd pitjtidttsVy shaved it toward ^ hisi jTQouth * The insidious monster s ^ wea it ( } n ^ an jnptapt , and clenching bis teeth upon the btadej ' h 6 j ^ r tt ^ 3 tftfl more , ynd was soon pronounced by the pocEbr—^ i ^ r o ^ twBiV , hone of the hands could be induced to l ^ lie ^ p tHe l ^ ] c ~ ra ^ be realty dead . I thmk I need not fear being ace used of ^ oma ^^ i lie in'the ^• ftertion in ^ t positive indentations of th ^ sha ? ' ^ ^ H ^ Ww yisiblip in the steel blade of the axe , B y this lastfeSejjed 90 ort of it ? tprrible na ture , when wq all knoW th ^ t i ^ | HS * e c ^ n cut a man ' s body in two with perfect ease , or chijmri OpKIb lpjB ^| ^ 5 ^ it were a radish . But the p oorer it p ^ 8 ? wm ' oi ptes ^ rtipg ope rjt ^ l spark , in spite of wounds ant } mutilflijap ,
for sp | pn ^ ^ . ' times 13 mogt wonderful . I have ireta { . u ; tte ^ tfit |) pf many sh arks , and bave occasionally beea ^ JMlW ^ m 4 uM | d tp pefieve , in the very teeth of p hysiological i ^ f ^ fe , tha ^ tHi ^ powpr of a final effort exists by some Uw bf iti mecmnvu $ i wV after the Ias f spark 19 gbfte . I wa » bfo ^ ton it t 6 e time , in the ctiaQ iait described , ttyat the creattirS dfttf 191 m ^ %£# effo rt of V Wow with l ie tail . 'Iri « f | tte evh ? DWt of ft Wart . * hen it dujts htffie , Kw ' WWe
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 675, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/23/
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