Show A bishop op A story of the great bishop selwyn of new zealand Is told by commander gambler of the british navy in hla his book the bishops missionary yacht the southern crois cross touched a coral reef when entering the harbor port of 04 france new caledonia it became necessary to examine her bottom but the sharks were ao so numerous ni and I 1 d so daring that nobody would venture into the water 80 10 lo the bishop who held beld that it if a man shoved showed a bold front to a shark lie would sheer off went overboard himself with a long sharp knife in his mouth for defense and diving under his vessel ascertained the damage he lie then came on board our s ship and we arranged to careen the yacht sufficiently to enable him to nail on some copper sheets which he did himself again spending a long time in the water for some curious reason not a single shark hove in si sight ht all the time |