| Show sharks per fear nolle noise the cowardliness of sharks aswell is well known among men who have been much to aea sea in southern waters infested by man the fiercest shark will get out of the sea way in a very great hurry burry if the swimmer noticing its approach seta sets up a noisy splashing A shark is in deadly fear of any fort sort of living thing that splashes in the water among the south sea islands the na lives tives never go sea bathing alone but always in parties of half a dozen or so in order that they may make the great eit eat hubbub in the water and thus scare the sharks away once in awhile a too venturesome swimmer among thew these na fives tives foolishly detaches himself from his swimming party and momentarily forgets to keep up his splashing then there is a swish and the man eater enter comes up beneath him like a flash and gobbles him |
