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The shark is the swiftest fish that swims.

The speed of the fastest steamer afloat is poor compared to his.

And he is a great gad-about, and roams far and wide in the oceans, and visits the shores of all of them, ultimately, in the course of his restless excursions.

I have a tale to tell now, which has not as yet been in print.

In 1870 a young stranger arrived in Sydney, and set about finding something to do; but he knew no one, and brought no recommendations, and the result was that he got no employment.