Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 463
ounts of these people swimming incredibledistances. Ten or a dozen miles seem to offer nodifficulty whatever to them ; and when ships ap-proach the shores of the less civilized islands, theyare surrounded by men and women and children,who sport about the bows like dolphins, long beforethe sailors… … ^3^=3 sharks willoften get a TOO NEAR THF SHARKS ! gQod meaJ_ Fortunately, all sharks, or nearly all, are surface-swimmers. They do not lurk at the bottom or floatin the depths, like the true bony fishes ; usually,therefore, their great triangular back-fins appearabove the water and give the…
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