fo the Editor of the "Norta-Cama Dainty News."
Str,—In reply to your query as to whether sharks are common in the Straits, apropos of the Malay boy who had his leg torn off by one at Singapore, perhaps the following may interest your readers.
On November 6 at Penang, on my way out to Shanghai, by a mishap a rope got entangled in the propellers of the Paul Locat and a diver was asked for, but no one could be procured, as sharks were looming about and in reality four were seen quite close to the boat by many passengers. Eventually a native with the aid of a long oar, sitting in a small boat, managed to clear the rope from the propel-lors.
I am, ete.,
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