Boyton made away as fast as he could, glad to escape the monster so easily.
He was not attacked again.

The tide was carrying him right to the place where he had first discovered the presence of sharks; but a number of boats came off from Messina, their occupants yelling and splashing the water, which served to frighten the brutes away.
On the outer edge of the whirlpool of Charybdis, which is a great eddy caused by a jutting point of land on which a fort is built, and on the ebb tide strong enough to swamp a boat, Paul worked for one hour without advancing a single yard; the people all the while expecting to see him swallowed up.

He held out, however, and at last landed safely at Messina.

The American ships laying there dipped their flags in salute, and the entire population was filled with astonishment at the successful termination of the feat.

The valiant editor of the Gazette, after feeling himself safely ashore, became quite a lion, graphically picturing the adventures of the day to admiring crowds.