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| 8 | 161 | "Masters! Masters!" I View more quotes about heard">heard. |
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| 8 | 158 | I had heard of marine predators who could detect blood in the water at a distance of half a pasang. |
| 8 | 159 | "She has been displeasing," said a fellow. |
| 8 | 160 | "Let us bring her aboard, cut her, and then throw her back in the water". |
| 8 | 161 | "Masters! Masters!" I heard. |
| 8 | 162 | I recalled something I had heard, from long ago, that sharks, even far from shore, may follow a ship for days, to feed on garbage thrown overboard. |
| 8 | 163 | To be sure, such creatures are most likely to be found in the vicinity of shallower waters, where the sunlight encourages the marine growth which lures in smaller fish to feed. |
| 8 | 164 | Such creatures, too, given their biological rhythms, are supposedly most active and dangerous early in the morning and toward dusk, in the morning after a night of hunger, one supposes, and, prior to the falling of darkness, to obtain enough nourishment to carry them through a foodless night. |