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Our
encounter
with
the
shark
was
the
first
great
danger
that
had
befallen
us
since
landing
on
this
island
;
and
we
felt
very
seriously
affected
by
it
,
especially
when
we
considered
that
we
had
so
often
unwittingly
incurred
the
same
danger
before
while
bathing
.
We
were
now
forced
to
take
to
fishing
again
in
the
shallow
water
until
we
should
succeed
in
constructing
a
raft
.
What
troubled
us
most
,
however
,
was
that
we
were
compelled
to
forego
our
morning
swimming-excursions
.
We
did
,
indeed
,
continue
to
enjoy
our
bathe
in
the
shallow
water
;
but
Jack
and
I
found
that
one
great
source
of
our
enjoyment
was
gone
when
we
could
no
longer
dive
down
among
the
beautiful
coral
groves
at
the
bottom
of
the
lagoon
.
We
had
come
to
be
so
fond
of
this
exercise
,
and
to
take
such
an
interest
in
watching
the
formations
of
coral
and
the
gambols
of
the
many
beautiful
fish
amongst
the
forest
of
red
and
green
seaweeds
,
that
we
had
become
quite
familiar
with
the
appearance
of
the
fish
and
the
localities
that
they
chiefly
haunted
.
We
had
also
become
expert
divers
.
But
we
made
it
a
rule
never
to
stay
long
under
water
at
a
time
.
Jack
told
me
that
to
do
so
often
was
bad
for
the
lungs
,
and
instead
of
affording
us
enjoyment
,
would
ere
long
do
us
a
serious
injury
.
So
we
never
stayed
at
the
bottom
as
long
as
we
might
have
done
,
but
came
up
frequently
to
the
top
for
fresh
air
,
and
dived
down
again
immediately
.
Sometimes
,
when
Jack
happened
to
be
in
a
humorous
frame
,
he
would
seat
himself
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
on
one
of
the
brain-corals
,
as
if
he
were
seated
on
a
large
paddock-stool
,
and
then
make
faces
at
me
in
order
,
if
possible
,
to
make
me
laugh
under
water
.
At
first
,
when
he
took
me
unawares
,
he
nearly
succeeded
,
and
I
had
to
shoot
to
the
surface
in
order
to
laugh
;
but
afterwards
I
became
aware
of
his
intentions
,
and
being
naturally
of
a
grave
disposition
,
I
had
no
difficulty
in
restraining
myself
.
I
used
often
to
wonder
how
poor
Peterkin
would
have
liked
to
be
with
us
;
and
he
sometimes
expressed
much
regret
at
being
unable
to
join
us
.
I
used
to
do
my
best
to
gratify
him
,
poor
fellow
,
by
relating
all
the
wonders
that
we
saw
;
but
this
,
instead
of
satisfying
,
seemed
only
to
whet
his
curiosity
the
more
,
so
one
day
we
prevailed
on
him
to
try
to
go
down
with
us
.
But
although
a
brave
boy
in
every
other
way
,
Peterkin
was
very
nervous
in
the
water
;
and
it
was
with
difficulty
we
got
him
to
consent
to
be
taken
down
,
for
he
could
never
have
managed
to
push
himself
down
to
the
bottom
without
assistance
.
But
no
sooner
had
we
pulled
him
down
a
yard
or
so
into
the
deep
,
clear
water
than
he
began
to
struggle
and
kick
violently
;
so
we
were
forced
to
let
him
go
,
when
he
rose
out
of
the
water
like
a
cork
,
gave
a
loud
gasp
and
a
frightful
roar
,
and
struck
out
for
the
land
with
the
utmost
possible
haste
.
Now
all
this
pleasure
we
were
to
forego
,
and
when
we
thought
thereon
,
Jack
and
I
felt
very
much
depressed
in
our
spirits
.
I
could
see
,
also
,
that
Peterkin
grieved
and
sympathised
with
us
;
for
,
when
talking
about
this
matter
,
he
refrained
from
jesting
and
bantering
us
upon
it
.
As
,
however
,
a
man
's
difficulties
usually
set
him
upon
devising
methods
to
overcome
them
,
whereby
he
often
discovers
better
things
than
those
he
may
have
lost
,
so
this
our
difficulty
induced
us
to
think
of
searching
for
a
large
pool
among
the
rocks
,
where
the
water
should
be
deep
enough
for
diving
,
yet
so
surrounded
by
rocks
as
to
prevent
sharks
from
getting
at
us
.
And
such
a
pool
we
afterwards
found
,
which
proved
to
be
very
much
better
than
our
most
sanguine
hopes
anticipated
.
It
was
situated
not
more
than
ten
minutes
'
walk
from
our
camp
,
and
was
in
the
form
of
a
small
,
deep
bay
or
basin
,
the
entrance
to
which
,
besides
being
narrow
,
was
so
shallow
that
no
fish
so
large
as
a
shark
could
get
in-at
least
,
not
unless
he
should
be
a
remarkably
thin
one
.
Inside
of
this
basin
,
which
we
called
our
Water
Garden
,
the
coral
formations
were
much
more
wonderful
,
and
the
seaweed
plants
far
more
lovely
and
vividly
coloured
,
than
in
the
lagoon
itself
.
And
the
water
was
so
clear
and
still
that
,
although
very
deep
,
you
could
see
the
minutest
object
at
the
bottom
.
Besides
this
,
there
was
a
ledge
of
rock
which
overhung
the
basin
at
its
deepest
part
,
from
which
we
could
dive
pleasantly
,
and
whereon
Peterkin
could
sit
and
see
not
only
all
the
wonders
I
had
described
to
him
,
but
also
see
Jack
and
me
creeping
amongst
the
marine
shrubbery
at
the
bottom
,
like
--
as
he
expressed
it
--
"
two
great
white
sea-monsters
.
"
During
these
excursions
of
ours
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea
we
began
to
get
an
insight
into
the
manners
and
customs
of
its
inhabitants
,
and
to
make
discoveries
of
wonderful
things
,
the
like
of
which
we
never
before
conceived
.
Among
other
things
,
we
were
deeply
interested
with
the
operations
of
the
little
coral
insect
,
which
,
I
was
informed
by
Jack
,
is
supposed
to
have
entirely
constructed
many
of
the
numerous
islands
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
And
certainly
,
when
we
considered
the
great
reef
which
these
insects
had
formed
round
the
island
on
which
we
were
cast
,
and
observed
their
ceaseless
activity
in
building
their
myriad
cells
,
it
did
at
first
seem
as
if
this
might
be
true
;
but
then
,
again
,
when
I
looked
at
the
mountains
of
the
island
,
and
reflected
that
there
were
thousands
of
such
(
many
of
them
much
higher
)
in
the
South
Seas
,
I
doubted
that
there
must
be
some
mistake
here
.
But
more
of
this
hereafter
.
I
also
became
much
taken
up
with
the
manners
and
appearance
of
the
anemones
,
and
starfish
,
and
crabs
,
and
sea-urchins
,
and
such-like
creatures
;
and
was
not
content
with
watching
those
I
saw
during
my
dives
in
the
Water
Garden
,
but
I
must
needs
scoop
out
a
hole
in
the
coral
rock
close
to
it
,
which
I
filled
with
salt
water
,
and
stocked
with
sundry
specimens
of
anemones
and
shell-fish
,
in
order
to
watch
more
closely
how
they
were
in
the
habit
of
passing
their
time
.
Our
burning-glass
,
also
,
now
became
a
great
treasure
to
me
,
as
it
enabled
me
to
magnify
,
and
so
to
perceive
more
clearly
,
the
forms
and
actions
of
these
curious
creatures
of
the
deep
.
Having
now
got
ourselves
into
a
very
comfortable
condition
,
we
began
to
talk
of
a
project
which
we
had
long
had
in
contemplation
--
namely
,
to
travel
entirely
round
the
island
,
in
order
,
first
,
to
ascertain
whether
it
contained
any
other
productions
which
might
be
useful
to
us
;
and
,
second
,
to
see
whether
there
might
be
any
place
more
convenient
and
suitable
for
our
permanent
residence
than
that
on
which
we
were
now
encamped
.
Not
that
we
were
in
any
degree
dissatisfied
with
it
.
On
the
contrary
,
we
entertained
quite
a
home-feeling
to
our
bower
and
its
neighbourhood
;
but
if
a
better
place
did
exist
,
there
was
no
reason
why
we
should
not
make
use
of
it
.
At
any
rate
,
it
would
be
well
to
know
of
its
existence
.
We
had
much
earnest
talk
over
this
matter
.
But
Jack
proposed
that
,
before
undertaking
such
an
excursion
,
we
should
supply
ourselves
with
good
defensive
arms
;
for
,
as
we
intended
not
only
to
go
round
all
the
shore
,
but
to
descend
most
of
the
valleys
,
before
returning
home
,
we
should
be
likely
to
meet
in
with
--
he
would
not
say
dangers
--
but
at
least
with
everything
that
existed
on
the
island
,
whatever
that
might
be
.
