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Following the Equator
Part 2

CHAPTER XIII
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I'll classify you with the Remarkables, and take the chances." The deal went through, and secured to the young stranger the first fortune he ever pocketed.
The people of Sydney ought to be afraid of the sharks, but for some reason they do not seem to be.

On Saturdays the young men go out in their boats, and sometimes the water is fairly covered with the little sails.

A boat upsets now and then, by accident, a result of tumultuous skylarking; sometimes the boys upset their boat for fun--such as it is with sharks visibly waiting around for just such an occurrence.

The young fellows scramble aboard whole--sometimes--not always.

Tragedies have happened more than once.


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