This, however, was not to be; the shark was never seen again.
There is as much difference in the characters of sharks as among other animals or men.

Some are timid and sluggish, moving as though too lazy to seek their food; and there is little doubt that such would never attack man.

Others, on the contrary, dash through the water as a pike would seize its prey, and refuse or fear nothing.

There is likewise a striking distinction in the habits of crocodiles; those that inhabit rivers being far more destructive and fearless than those that infest the tanks.

The natives hold the former in great terror, while with the latter they run risks which are sometimes fatal.