Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 464
unless signallyfavored, would fall a victim to its voracity. Hehardly knew how to act, when he thought how thecuttle-fish often escapes its enemies by darkeningthe waters with an inky liquor ejected from its moMfr body. He accordingly stirred up the mud at the bottom till the water was darkened… … ATTACKED BV mud- -:; dying thewater was allthat preserved his life.The sharks mouth isone of the most formi-dable means of destruction I know of among ani-mals anywhere. It is on the under side of the head,some distance back of the end of the snout, andcrescent-shaped. The teeth are in three to…
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