CHAPTER XIII.
In several engagements about Naples, enormous sums of money were taken.
Then Boyton proceeded to Messina.

Before leaving Naples, he had made up his mind to attempt the dreaded straits of that name, and dare the dangers of the noted whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis.

Every one cheerfully assured him that the attempt would result in death, for beside the dangers of the whirlpools, the straits were infested with sharks.
Arriving at Messina, he determined to test the report of sharks.

At early morning he went to the market place and procured a large piece of meat which he took out near the fort, where the sharks were said to be numerous.

He threw a piece of the meat into the water and it slowly sank.