THE SAILORS’ FRIEND
The porpoise is a fish of Southern waters which grows up to six feet long. It is harmless to human beings, and is known as the sailor’s friend, because it is a deadly enemy of the shark, which it kills by butting with its head. It has a tremendous speed, and has been seen to buffet a shark clean out of the water and hit it a second time as the shark came down into the sea. Sailors like to see a school of porpoises gambolling round a ship because it indicates an absence of sharks.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 88, 7 January 1933, Page 17
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99THE SAILORS’ FRIEND Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 88, 7 January 1933, Page 17
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