shark-ridden

Updated: May 29, 2025

This last was often done in shark-ridden waters, to the great disapproval of the ship's officers, some of whom would stand on the well-deck, revolver in hand, while more than once a swift bullet was sent shrilling over our heads at some great fin rising out of the sea beyond.

Florence Kimball Russel - A Woman's Journey through the Philippines: On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route