The lagoon is swarming with sharks at present.

I feel tolerably assured that at low tide, when the remnants of the gale have vanished, I will be able to walk there along the reef." "Sharks!" she cried.

"In there! What horrible surprises this speck of land contains! I should not have imagined that sharks and seals could live together." "You are quite right," he explained, with becoming gravity.

"As a rule sharks infest only the leeward side of these islands.

Just now they are attracted in shoals by the wreck." "Oh." Iris shivered slightly.
"We had better go back now.