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Old and New London
… Sir Brook Watson (Lord Mayor) escaping when a boy from the shark that bit his leg off while bathing. This is the work of … of this worthy Lord Mayor, to observe that if the shark had got hold of Sir Brook Watson's skull, instead of his leg, the shark would have got the worst of it. There is a curious …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… at Dublin 488 4 2 Capt. Francis Leigh, for stores for the Shark sloop at Dublin 83 5 5 Capt. Thomas Legg, for stores …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… the Sommersett; 4 Dec. 1708 to 23 June 1713 8,913 13 8 the Shark sloop; 20 April 1711 to 27 Dec. 1714 2,849 1 2 the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Port Mahon; Romney; Rippon; Swallow; Seahorse; Success; Shark sloop; Tyger; Tryall; Windsor; Warwick 382,547 17 10 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Dogfish skin [dog fish skin] The SKIN from a small shark, it was much used for smoothing and polishing ARROWs. …
Old and New London
… largest whaleliker an island than an animal. "The white shark, which sometimes swallows men whole. "A siphalter, said …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Scarborough, Scoutboat, Seaford, Seahorse, Serpent, Severn Shark Sheerness Shoreham Shrewsbury Siam (hospital ship) …