. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . CATCHING A SIIAUK. by mistake. He was snapping at everything within his reach, and threwhimself around very actively. The vigorous blows from the oar finallysettled him, and a knife in his throat finished the business. It was excit- CATCHING A SHARK. ing sport while it lasted, and both the boys thought it must be capitalfun to take a shark, provided he was not a very large one. I was at the Olympic Club one summer, said the Doctor, whentwo of the members were out one day with the yacht, and saw some menhaving a fight with a shark; so the
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . CATCHING A SIIAUK. by mistake. He was snapping at everything within his reach, and threwhimself around very actively. The vigorous blows from the oar finallysettled him, and a knife in his throat finished the business. It was excit- CATCHING A SHARK. ing sport while it lasted, and both the boys thought it must be capitalfun to take a shark, provided he was not a very large one. I was at the Olympic Club one summer, said the Doctor, whentwo of the members were out one day with the yacht, and saw some menhaving a fight with a shark; so they anchored close by, and put out aline just for the fun of the thing. In half an hour they had a six-footshark along-side, and, after a vigorous fight, they captured him, and broughthim home in triumph. A few days afterward they took two sharks inone afternoon, and for the rest of the season they were famous as shark-fishers, and unwilling to pursue any smaller game.
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