This fish was the shark which Fritz had so skilfully shot through the head the night before.

He found the marks of his three balls.

Ernest drew his ramrod from his gun, and struck so vigorously right and left among the birds, that he killed some, and put the rest to flight.

We then hastily cut off some pieces of the skin of the monster, which I thought might be useful, and placed them in our boat.

But this was not the only advantage we gained by landing.