They had stuffed themselves so full in the course of a short time, that they flew heavily and with great difficulty.

No doubt they would have to take three or four days to digest that meal! Sharks, too, came to get their share of what was going.

But these savage monsters did not content themselves with what was thrown away; they were so bold as to come before our faces and take bites out of the whale's body.

Some of these sharks were eight and nine feet long, and when I saw them open their horrid jaws, armed with three rows of glistening white sharp teeth, I could well understand how easily they could bite off the leg of a man, as they often do when they get the chance.

Sometimes they would come right up on the whale's body with a wave, bite out great pieces of the flesh, turn over on their bellies, and roll off.
While I was looking over the side during the early part of that day, I saw a very large shark come rolling up in this way close to Tom Lokins's legs.