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Chapter 16

           Thisswordfishranagainstthevesselwithsuchforcethatitdroveitsswordquitethroughthethickplanks;andwhentheshiparrivedinharbour,longafterwards,theswordwasfoundstillstickinginit!

           Sharksdidnotoftenappear;butwetookcareneveragaintobatheindeepwaterwithoutleavingoneofournumberintheboat,togiveuswarningifheshouldseeasharkapproaching.Asforthewhales,theynevercameintoourlagoon;butwefrequentlysawthemspoutinginthedeepwaterbeyondthereef.IshallneverforgetmysurprisethefirstdayIsawoneofthesehugemonstersclosetome.Wehadbeenramblingaboutonthereefduringthemorning,andwereabouttoreembarkinourlittleboattoreturnhome,whenaloudblowingsoundcausedustowheelrapidlyround.Wewerejustintimetoseeashowerofsprayfalling,andtheflukesortailofsomemonstrousfishdisappearintheseaafewhundredyardsoff.Wewaitedsometimetoseeifhewouldriseagain.Aswestood,theseaseemedtoopenupatourveryfeet;animmensespoutofwaterwassentwithasnorthighintotheair,andthehuge,bluntheadofasperm-whalerosebeforeus.Itwassolargethatitcouldeasilyhavetakenourlittleboat,alongwithourselves,intoitsmouth!Itplungedslowlybackintothesea,likealargeshipfoundering,andstruckthewaterwithitstailsoforciblyastocauseasoundlikeacannon-shot.

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